b'2373 75BURNS PHILP & Co. Ltd. antique silverA set of six vintage New Zealand silver plated fish cutlery enblazoned with theteaspoons with carved paua shell company crest, 19th century, (12 items). kiwi bird finials, in plush fitted box, James Burns and Robert Philp setcirca 1930s,up one of Australias largest shippingthe box 16cm widecompanies in the 1880s, which included$120200 active participation in the black birding slave trade throughout the Pacific76Islands and New Guinea. They later abandoned the trade and focused onTwo silver and enamel souvenir food production and shipping. (12) spoons comprising of a New $120200Zealand example with fine quality Maori female portrait and kiwi bird finial, plus a 74 HOBART FROM HARBOUR ELSIE YOUNG set of six Australianexample, 20th century,silver teaspoons, sugar tongs and13.5cm and 12cm long (2)matching tea strainer, all decorated with$100200 gumnuts and gum leaves, 20th century,stamped STG. SILVER, 77 72the strainer 12.5cm long (8)$8001,200A set of six Australian silver teaspoons with kangaroo decoration (after George Stubbs famous backward looking 74a kangaroo), 20th century,ELSIE YOUNG, set of six Australianstamped HAWKE, 925, 79silver teaspoons, all decorated with12.5cm long, 126 grams total (6) Five assorted vintage and antique gumnuts and gum leaves, 20th century,$120200Australian themed spoons,(6 items), stamped STG. SILVER,the largest 12cm long (5)each approx. 11cm. 78 $120200 $600800An Australian silver dish with gum leaf decoration, an English sterling silver80combination vesta and sovereign caseRESEARCH COLLECTION & engraved with ownership monogramPHOTOGRAPHS of Australian silver W. C. aB., 1906 (William Channingcompiled by the late John Houstone, ABeckett, MLA, 1846-1929), kangaroosolicitor, collector, and author of and boomerang silver bottle stopperEarly Australian Silver: The Houstone engraved George D. Healy, Melbourne,Collection, 2012. Four plastic 27th March, 1934 and an Australiancontainers. His collection of Australian sterling silver gum leaf brooch, (4 items), silver is now owned by the National the dish 12cm wide Gallery of Australia. (4)(William ChanningBeckett,$400600 MLA [1846-1929]).$250350 68'