AUSTRALIAN & COLONIAL
A wonderful catalogue featuring a further selection from the Rodney Pemberton Collection of Australian Colonial furniture, a superb side-table created for display at the 1880 Melbourne International Exhibition, a remarkable range of early Australian newspapers and Australian articles in English papers, Colonial era gold jewellery, Australian pottery, artworks including a Gould portrait, a lively Sawrey bushranger scene and a John Olsen gouache. The sale is rounded out with a fine collection of scientific and optical instruments, advertising posters, and some large-scale model aeroplanes.
Contents
001-017 Scrimshaw & Maritime
018-072 General
073-130 Scientific Instruments & Natural History
131-135 Aviation
138-156 Aboriginal Art & Tribal Artefacts
157-214 Australian Pottery
215-276 Books & Historical Documents
277-364 Furniture
365-374 Goldfields
376-386 Silver
387-396 Maps & Military
397-410 Photographs
411-419 Posters
420-424 Railways
425-489 Paintings & Other Artworks
490-493 Sport
494-521 Jewellery
Featured Lots
Lot 2
A scrimshaw whales tooth titled "Ship Susan. 1871" with whaling limerick on reverse
$600-$1,000
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Lot 21
A stunning Colonial sewing box, cedar and pine, Barossa Vallery, South Australia, circa 1885
$2,000-$3,000
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Lot 157
WILLIAM RICKETTS Impressive and large pottery coolamon with tribal elders face
38cm high, 101cm wide
$3,000-$5,000
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Lot 171
REMUED Pottery jardiniere with applied gum nuts and leaves, incised markings, early pink and green glaze, circa 1933
$2,000-$3,000
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Lot 172
REMUED Cylindrical pottery vase with gum nuts and leaf, early pink and green glaze with blue interior, circa 1933
$1,000-$1,5000
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Lot 379
SCOTCH COLLEGE Sterling Silver rowing trophy, engraved "Scotch College Sports 1871 Four Events, T Ireland"
$300-$500
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Lot 444
WILLIAM BUELOW GOULD (1803-1853)
'Portrait Of A Man Holding A Letter'
oil on paper laid down on board
$20,000-$30,000
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Lot 448
HUGH SAWREY (1919-1999)
'The Stick-Up'
oil on canvas, signed lower right
$15,000-$25,000
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