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The Frost Collection of Australian & Colonial Antiques — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

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Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:353
Sale Title:The Frost Collection of Australian & Colonial AntiquesLots with images:352
Auction Location:HobartPrices available:309
Date:9-Oct-2016
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth with whaling scene, 19th century, 15 cm
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth with tallship, 19th century, 15.5 cm
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth with female portrait, 19th century, 12.5 cm
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A sailmaker's whalebone fid, early 19th century, 37 cm
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A whalebone marlin spike, 19th century, 34 cm
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An explosive whaling harpoon tip, 20th century, 39 cm
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Whalebone bodkin, seal and 2 tatting tools, 19th century, longest 15 cm
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Whale's tooth gavel, whalebone pen, letter opener, glove stretcher and ivory draftsmen pen, 19th century, longest 18 cm
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A collection of turned whalebone chess pieces in leather bound folding games board in the form of a 2 volume book titled 'History Of Canada', 19th century, together with an antique pocket chess board in slip case
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A Napoleonic prisoner of war bone model tallship, early 19th century, 35 cm high, 41 cm long
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A ship's wheel from the Defender, brass bound oak and rope, 19th century, 123 cm diameter
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A model yacht diorama in display case with attached note 'Tasmanian Yacht, The Clyde, oil painted by Gladstone Eyre', circa 1900, 32 cm high, 32 cm wide, 22 cm deep
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A rare set of 4 revolving ships chairs, carved oak and cast iron mounted on attractive fluted blackwood bases, 19th century, 104 cm high
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A whalebone needle case with cup and dice, 19th century, 10.5 cm
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Two whalebone miniature work clamps, 19th century, 5 cm and 7 cm
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Whalebone figured needle case, whistle, miniature brush and binocular charm, 19th century, Largest 7 cm
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Group of 4 whalebone needle cases, 19th century, Longest 8 cm
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Group of 11 whalebone & mother of pearl spoons & forks, Largest 13 cm
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Assorted whalebone items including thimble, sewing shuttle, book mark, rings and bodkin, 19th century, Longest 10.5 cm
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Half model boat titled 'W. Rolfe Esq. Naval Architect. Rye 1863', 25 x 108 cm
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Maritime group including 2 glass buoys, pulley blocks, iron hook etc
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A pair of ships lanterns, Starboard and Port with original red and green painted finish, 40 cm high
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A pair of ships lanterns, copper and brass, Starboard and Port, early 20th century, 37 cm
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Seth Thomas U.S. Maritime Commission ships clock in black finished metal case, 19.5 cm diameter
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A rare ships dwarf bookcase, mahogany with acid etched frosted glass doors, English or Scottish,19th century
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An 18 inch Terrestrial globe on stand with compass fitted into the base plate, by W. & A.K. Johnston, circa 1898, 110 cm high
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A model of a clipper ship diorama in timber and glass case, hand written label on top 'Model of a clipper ship. Made by a ships carpenter on board the Ellenborough while on passage to the East Indies, 1860', 28 x 48 cm
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An important museum quality ships cabin trunk, Australian red cedar and whale bone with rope and leather handles, early 19th century, 56 cm high, 100.5 cm wide, 50 cm deep
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A Captain's chair back, huon pine and whalebone, together with another Captain's chair (parts) in timber and whale's tooth, both in relic condition (incomplete),19th century
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Antique fishing net with lead weights and cork floats
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Two gimballed ships lamp bases, brass, 19th century, tallest 26 cm
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Nautical group comprising 2 glass buoys, 3 pulleys and a boats compass in timber housing etc, 19th and 20th century
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Ships Chronometer by Thomas Mercer, precision made instrument records to the quarter second onto graph, in fitted case, early 20th century, 15 cm diameter
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A ship's trunk lift top box, solid huon pine with blackwood trim, external dovetail joins, oil painting ship portrait inside the lid of the barque 'Ethel' which was originally built in Sunderland in 1876 and wrecked of the South Australian coast in 1904, 19th century, 42 cm high, 97 cm wide 48 cm deep
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Ship diorama of the Irene under full sail, 19th century, 59 cm high, 86 cm wide, 20 cm deep
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Nelson's Victory Centenary Memento Ervii, 1805-1905, copper serving tray made from copper from The Admiralty, circa 1905, 30 cm diameter
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An old timber boat oar, most likely teak, 255 cm
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A half model tallship, huon pine and King Billy pine, 19th century, 32 cm high, 56 cm wide
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C.Stanfield R.A., The Battle Of Trafalgar, engraving, huon pine frame, Frame 52 x 69 cm
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A pond yacht, huon pine with painted metal keel, 19th century, 130 cm long
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A pond yacht, huon pine with painted metal keel, 19th century, 130 cm
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Three ships brass door locks, one stamped 'Jackson's Launceston', 19th century
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A 19th century photograph of a shipwreck, 40 x 56 cm
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Nautical group including pulley, block, rope, tools etc
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The Derwent, chromolithograph, late 19th century, 28 x 20 cm
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S.S. Zealandia Silver plated kookaburra dinner bell, early 20th century. The Zealandia was a passenger and cargo steamer built in 1910 and was used as a troop carrier in World War I and World War II, she transported the 8th Australian division and was also the last Allied ship to see the ill fated H.M.A.S. Sydney. She finally met her match when she was sunk by the Japanese during the bombing of Darwin harbour on the 19th of Feb. 1942, 12.5 cm
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An 8 day German ships clock by Schatz, brass with rope decoration, early 20th century, 12 cm diameter
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Three silver plated Tasmanian yachting trophies, early 20th century all presented to J.Nicholls for the 'Elf' and the 'Fay, Tallest 26 cm
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Two Hobart yacht scene albumin photographs in period oak frames, early 20th century, 24 x 29 cm
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Prince's Wharf, Hobart Tasmania, silver gelatin albumen print in carved timber frame, 19th century, 46 x 35 cm
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A gimballed ship's lamp (electrified), circa 1900
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Yachting on the Derwent at Hobart, Tasmanian, panorama photograph by Beattie of Hobart, 23 x 77 cm
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A half model boat hull, huon pine and blackwood, mounted on blackwood board, 19th century, 29 x 142 cm
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A half model boat, huon pine and cedar, 19th century, 24 x 102 cm
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A ship's clock by Seikosha, Tokyo, Japan, 19.5 cm
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Ship's Engineer brass jug with black ceramic handle, 19th century, 29.5 cm
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A ships pump, solid brass, circa 1900, 55 cm
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An oak framed French engraving of ships at war, circa 1860, 53 x 78 cm
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A solid brass ship's porthole and brass yacht's handle, 46 cm diameter and 37 cm long
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Group of 5 model boat hulls (2 half & 3 full), huon pine and cedar, early 20th century, Longest 78 cm
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A maritime scene print in huon pine frame, circa 1860, Frame 61 x 74 cm
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A pair of oregan timber sculling oars, early 20th century, 214 cm
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A ship's occasional table, oak, metal and glass, 20th century, 55 cm high, 68 cm wide, 48 cm deep
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Australian School, Steamer (Tasmania), water colour, initialled 'W.H' lower right, in a 19th century musk frame, 17.5 x 19.5 cm
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Two whalebone stanhopes, one showing Melbourne Post Office, the other Pont des Berques France, late 19th century, largest 2 cm
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A ship scene diorama (as found, restorers piece), 19th century, 83 cm high, 135 cm wide, 30 cm deep
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A fine Tasmanian work box, huon pine, musk, casuarina, blackwood, pine and dogwood, fitted huon pine interior with whalebone handles, circa 1850, 12.5 cm high, 30 cm wide, 20.5 cm deep
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A superb Tasmanian timber writing box, huon pine, musk, cedar, blackwood, myrtle, beefwood, honeysuckle and casuarina, cedar secondary timbers, fitted with slope and drawer compartments, circa 1850, 18 cm high, 61 cm wide, 31 cm deep
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A Tasmanian writing slope box, fiddleback blackwood, musk and huon pine stringing, circa 1840, 16 cm high, 46.5 cm wide, 26 cm deep
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A compendium, Tasmanian huon pine with whalebone and shell pen, circa 1850, 23 cm high, 41 cm wide, 18 cm deep
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A Tasmanian huon pine picture frame with gilt slip, 19th century, 72 x 82 cm
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A wool work tapestry of a parrot, Australian, 19th century, in a fine huon pine frame, 38 x 48 cm
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A pair of unusual shaped picture frames, huon pine, 19th century, 23 x 21.5 cm
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Pair of musk framed carte de visite portrait photographs, late 1860s, 17 x 13.5 cm (frame size)
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A huon pine framed floral wool work tapestry, 19th century, 45.5 x 45.5 cm (frame size)
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A Maori bust, painted kauri gum, New Zealand, circa 1880, 34 cm
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A Colonial picture frame, musk inlaid with cedar and pine secondaries, circa 1850, 78 x 63 cm
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An unusual shaped musk picture frame, late 19th century, 41 x 32 cm
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Hobart coat of arms, cast iron with remains of painted finish, 19th century, 53 cm diameter
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Group of 4 fiddleback blackwood walking sticks, 19th and 20th century, Longest 91 cm
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A musk framed mirror, Tasmanian, circa 1860, 44 x 36 cm
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A pair of huon pine framed homely religious pictures, 19th century, 37 x 68 cm each
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A pair of huon pine picture frames, glazed and with gilt slips, mid 19th century, 22.5 x 19 cm each
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A Tasmanian huon pine and fiddleback blackwood frame, 19th century, 38 x 44 cm
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Robin Hood Pair of huon pine frames with Liverpool Street Hobart address labels verso, 19th century, 23 x 29 cm
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A mahogany writing box, English, circa 1865, 10 cm high, 36 cm wide 23 cm deep
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A National nickel plated cash register, U.S.A. 19th century, 55 cm high, 50 cm wide, 39 cm deep
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A Late Victorian Ebonised Eight Bell Bracket Clock, the Dial Signed Pridham and Sons, Torquay, Circa 1880, With a triple fusee movement, quarter striking with eight bells and striking gong on the hour, the silvered Roman numeral dial and subsidiary dials for rise and fall, changing of chimes and silent/strike, within Arabesque spandrels, housed in a gilt metal mounted ebonised case, 75 cm high.
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A bronze figured lamp of a soldier, late 19th century, 112 cm high
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A Georgian apprentice tilt top miniature supper table, rosewood and mahogany veneer on pine, 17 cm high, 18 cm diameter
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A William VI oak cased bracket clock with triple fusee movement, 45 cm
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A Georgian grandfather clock in mahogany case with subsidiary seconds dial and date window, 225 cm
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A French bronze finished figured lamp titled 'Hallebardier Louis XIII', circa 1890, 100 cm
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A solid bronze figured lamp with cut crystal shade, 19th century, 70 cm
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An ornated brass cased mantel clock with enamel dial, circa 1880, 42 cm high
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A bracket clock in oak case with silvered dial and Roman numerals, marked 'Hardy Bros. Sydney & Brisbane', late 19th century, 40 cm
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A Victorian oil lamp on brass Corinthian column, cut crystal font, Hink's Duplex double white button burner with bayonet mount and vaseline glass shade, 84 cm
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A Victorian oil lamp with acid etched shade, nickel plated single black button burner with bayonet mount sitting on a brass Corinthian column base, 86 cm
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An unusual wall mount weight driven clock with 24 hour Roman numeral dial, 19th century, 21 cm
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A writing box, brass bound mahogany, English, mid 19th century, 18 cm high, 56 cm wide, 28 cm deep
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