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The John Cunningham Collection — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:383
Sale Title:The John Cunningham CollectionLots with images:380
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:251
Date:2-May-2017
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A pokerwork poinsettia pattern smoker's stand, 68 cm high
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A pokerwork kookaburra pattern smoker's stand and pair of bellows, the stand 68 cm high
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A rare Australian pokerwork vase decorated with hand painted kookaburra and koala amongst gum leaves, 40 cm high
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A pokerwork vase decorated with hand painted kookaburra, 35 cm high
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A pokerwork vase decorated with two kookaburras amongst gumnuts and leaves, 26 cm high
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Two pokerwork nut bowls with crackers, the largest 22 cm diameter
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Three pokerwork boxes decorated with koalas, two with original Humphrey labels, the largest 7 cm high, 17 cm wide, 17 cm deep
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A fine pokerwork vase decorated with a gallant figure, circa 1920, 20 cm high
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An impressive pokerwork vase with hand painted boating scene, 46 cm tall
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A rare Australian pokerwork vase with hand painted scene of koalas, kangaroo, kookaburra and waratah, early 20th century, 37 cm high
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Three Tasmanian pokerwork vases hand painted with cottages in landscapes, early 20th century, the tallest 41 cm high
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A pokerwork picture of kookaburras, 33 x 64 cm, framed 51 x 82 cm
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A pokerwork waratah pattern nut cracker and bowl, together with a circular mirror, mirror 25 cm diameter
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Two pokerwork plates, a rare boomerang emblazoned 'Jenolan' caves, together with a pokerwork mirror, the boomerang 40 cm across
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Three pairs of hand painted pokerwork vases, early 20th century, tallest 12 cm
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Group of four hand painted pokerwork vases of bush scenes and boating scenes, tallest 11 cm high
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A pair of turned timber boxes decorated with hand painted kookaburras, together with a pokerwork trivet, the trivet 14 cmdiameter
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Two pokerwork waratah vases, early 20th century, tallest 9 cm high
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A tall pokerwork vase decorated with two kookaburras, 30 cm high
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A pokerwork vase decorated with kookaburras, 24 cm high
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Three squat pokerwork vases decorated with koalas and kookaburras including rare applied kookaburra decoration, tallest 10 cm high
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A fine pokerwork vase decorated with kookaburras, 12.5h cm high
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A tall pokerwork vase with gumnuts and leaves, early 20th century, 31 cm high
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A pokerwork kookaburra panel, early 20th century, 32 x 22 cm
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Two pokerwork vases decorated with landscapes on red backgrounds, tallest 20.5 cm high
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A pokerwork fruit bowl and circular box decorated with poinsettia flowers, the bowl 22 cm diameter
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A pokerwork vase with painted scene of Mt Wellington, titled 'Hobart', 12.5 cm high
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A pokerwork plate with two kookaburras on a wattle branch, souvenir of Jenolan Caves, 24 cm diameter
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A pokerwork kookaburra bowl, early 20th century, 19 cm diameter
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Jenolan Caves souvenir pokerwork vase with rare kangaroo decoration, 11.5 cm high
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An oval pokerwork serving tray with magpie decoration, early 20th century, magpie decoration is exceptionally on Australian pokerwork, 46 cm across the handles
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A pokerwork serving tray with poinsettia floral design, early 20th century, 50 cm across the handles
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Two timber glove boxes, one decorated with floral motif, 19th century, largest 7 cm high, 27.5 cm wide, 13 cm deep
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A Victorian walnut sewing box together with two antique timber boxes and treenware spherical box on stand, treenware 10 cm high
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A pokerwork table lamp with hand painted boating scene, 44 cm high
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Two pokerwork fruit bowls with gum blossom decoration, one with original Hielco ware paper label, largest 27 cm diameter
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A group of six assorted floral pokerwork vases, tallest 22.5 cm high
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Three hand painted pokerwork vases, one commemorating the Sydney Harbour bridge, circa 1930s, ?tallest 23 cm high
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Reynold Hart (1938-1981), painted boomerang, signed lower right, 47 cm across
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A pokerwork dish with koala decoration and original Humphrey paper label together with a koala decorated jewel box, dish 11.5 cm diameter
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A pokerwork crumb tray and brush, seven napkin rings and one eggcup, the brush 24 cm long
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A pokerwork Elvis Presley plaque, painted koala plaque and framed parrot print, Elvis plaque 35 x 15 cm
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Three Australian timber cribbage boards, huon pine, fiddleback blackwood, maple, cedar, kauri and celery top pine, 19th and 20th century, largest 6 cm high, 40 cm wide, 16 cm deep
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A collection of four painted ostrich eggs, depicting a rosella parrot, a black cockatoo and two kookaburras, initialled 'Njm' and dated 2006 in Roman numerals
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Three sets of Tasmanian Native timber specimen wood napkin rings of waratah, sassafras, she oak, stringy bark, blackwood and myrtle, two with rare 9 carat yellow gold maps of Tasmania, and one with silver
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A collection of Tasmanian fiddleback blackwood items a desk clock with a 9 carat gold map of Tasmania, and three rectangular boxes, all with gilt maps, the clock 13 cm high, the largest box 24 cm wide
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An Australian marigold carnival glass kangaroo bowl, registration no. 4586, 24 cm diameter
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An Australian marigold carnival glass kookaburra bowl, registration no. 4184, 24 cm diameter
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A Tasmanian fiddleback blackwood miniature two drawer chest, and an inkstand and pen with paper label 'Shott & Son Manufacturers Blackwood Souvenirs, 60 George Street, Launceston, Tas.', the chest 20 cm wide, 15 cm high, 12 cm deep, the inkstand 19 cm wide
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A collection of Tasmanian fiddleback blackwood comprising a circular bowl, two lidded boxes and a lidded jar with paper label 'Shott & Son Manufactures Blackwood Souvenirs, 60 George Street, Launceston, Tas.', all with applied map of Tasmania, the bowl 21 cm diameter
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A collection of Tasmanian fiddleback blackwood comprising a rectangular box, letter rack, card holder, match box holder, paper knife and a lady's leg shoe horn, the box 18 cm wide
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A collection of Tasmanian fiddleback blackwood comprising a square ink well, two lidded boxes and a paper knife, the well 14 cm square
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A collection of Tasmanian fiddleback blackwood comprising a circular lidded box on a turned foot, a small box and a boomerang, the box 13 cm diameter
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A collection of Tasmanian fiddleback blackwood comprising a round ink well, a pair of napkin rings, another ring, two egg cups, a baton and a boomerang, the well and one cup with paper labels 'Shott & Son Manufactures Blackwood Souvenirs, 60 George Street, Launceston, Tas.', the well 10 cm diameter
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A Tasmanian fiddleback blackwood comport and a fiddleback blackwood and cedar goblet, 18 cm and 9.5 cm high
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An Art Nouveau style Tasmanian fiddleback hand mirror and a fiddleback carved round bowl, the mirror 44 cm long, the bowl 21 cm diameter
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An Art Deco Tasmanian fiddleback blackwood inkstand and pen, with cut glass inkwell and applied map of Tasmania, 27 cm wide
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A collection of three Australian specimen wood book shaped trinket boxes, in fiddleback blackwood, maple and other woods, one with applied map of Tasmania, the largest 17.5 cm wide
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A Tasmanian specimen wood rectangular box, with blackwood hinged cover, myrtle body and huon pine base, applied silver map of Tasmania, 17 cm wide
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An Australian wooden book money box, painted with May Gibbs' 'Snugglepot and Cuddlepie', 16 cm high
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A hand painted Australiana kookaburra plaque/coffee table, signed Mitch, mid 20th century, 36 x 120 cm
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An inlaid Tasmanian timber box, cedar, blackwood, huon pine, celery pine on huon pine carcass, 19th century, 13 cm high, 28 cm wide, 20 cm deep
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A Tasmanian cedar box decorated with a Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) and applied silver map of Tasmania, 12.5 cm high, 28.5 cm wide, 21 cm deep
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A miniature Tasmanian timber book box with applied gold map of Tasmania, 10.5 cm high, 8 cm wide, 3 cm deep
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An inlaid Tasmanian timber box, blackwood, casuarina, huon pine, musk, myrtle and cedar with whalebone handle, 19th century, 10 cm tall, 33 cm wide, 25 cm deep
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Three unusual Tasmanian timber picture frames comprising a musk map of Tasmania, fiddleback blackwood and specimen wood example, largest 22 x 63 cm
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A Tasmanian musk and blackwood jewel box, 19th century, 8.5 cm high, 20 cm wide, 12 cm deep
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A group of three treen paper knives, largest 35 cm long
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An inlaid matchstick tray and timber jewel box, 20th century, tray 47 x 37 cm
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An unusual sarcophagus timber box with a mixture of Australian and exotic timbers, 19th century, 16 cm high, 29 cm wide, 20 cm deep
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A spatter work jewel box and napkin ring together with a fiddleback blackwood box with silver plaque, 19th and early 20th century, blackwood box 7 cm high, 14 cm wide, 11 cm deep
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Two Australian timber jewellery boxes, blackwood, maple and Tasmanian oak, early 20th century, largest 10 cm high, 27 cm wide, 13 cm deep
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An inlaid timber serving tray with butterfly wing decoration, South American origin, 53 cm across the handles
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A group of three inlaid timber boxes, 19th and 20th century, largest 11 cm high, 21 cm wide, 14 cm deep
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A whalebone pocket knife, two whalebone stanhopes and a glove stretcher, 19th century, knife 25 cm long
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A cast resin point of sale koala statue, 20th century, 69 cm high
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A group of 9 assorted timber boxes, 20th century, largest 15 cm diameter
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Three fiddleback blackwood boxes one with huon pine interior, 19th and 20th century, largest 14 cm high, 30 cm wide, 21 cm deep
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A blackwood box Tasmania coo-ee souvenir, miniature boomerang, two napkin rings with applied gold work and a miniature huon pine table, table 14 cm high, 15 cm diameter
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A group of eight assorted inlaid timber boxes, 20th century, circular box 15 cm diameter
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A group of six assorted timber boxes, 19th and 20th century, largest 10 cm, 40 cm wide, 12.5 cm deep
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A model ship in timber case, 19th century, 42 cm high, 60 cm wide, 14 cm deep
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A Victorian walnut brass bound card box together with wooden dominos in burl box, 7.5 cm high, 26 cm wide, 18 cm deep
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A huon pine and glass letter tidy and three turned wooden boxes, letter tidy 29 cm across
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A Victorian photo album, an ivory covered book, a fly whisk, a Tunbridge ware trivet, a blackwood nutcracker, a paper knife and a koala stevengraph
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Three pokerwork brooches, lighter, inkwell, two jewel boxes and a frog jug
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An Australian Studio Pottery figure of a magpie, signed Lindy, studio marks, 37 cm high
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An Australian Studio Pottery figure of a black cockatoo, signed Lindy, studio marks, 52 cm high
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A collection of porcelain koalas, comprising an Australian Studio teapot and vase, signed Dawn, and two others, the largest 23 cm high
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An Australian Studio Pottery bowl of a riot of six kookaburras, signed Dawn, studio marks, 43 cm wide
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A Bendigo Pottery Limited Edition character mug of Albert Namatjira, from the original sculpture by John Firth, No 395 of 3000, and another character jug, 16 cm and 14 cm high
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An Australian Alexander Takacs pottery figure of a seated indigenous elder, inscribed signature, 17 cm high
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A Wembley ware pottery kangaroo and an Australian Studio ceramic kangaroo, 11 cm and 30 cm high
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A pair of vintage pottery kookaburra bookends, 14 cm high
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A pair of vintage Australian pottery koala bookends, 14 cm high
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A collection of five vintage Australian ceramic kookaburra ornaments, the largest 16 cm high
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A collection of five vintage Australian pottery koalas comprising a pair of salt and pepper shakers and three others, one by Australian Studio, the largest 17 cm high
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A graduated set of three pottery kookaburra jugs, the largest 14 cm high
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A crimson rosella parrot painted pottery vase, initialled Njm and dated 2007 in Roman numerals, a wooden box painted with kookaburras, the vase 19 cm high, the box 27 cm wide
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An Australian Mingay pottery tree trunk of six koalas, paper label (rubbed), 23 cm wide
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