b'36122Sir HENRY PARKES (1845-1908), Meerschaum pipe with carved portrait, 19th century$600800 124MELBOURNE CLUB antique blue and white English porcelain chamber pot with fleur-de-lis border emblazoned with the club crest,blue factory and diamond registration marks to base Daniell, London and S.W.M. & Co., FLEUR DE LIS,14cm high, 28cm wide$250350 125PRATT WARE antique English pot lid titled A Letter From the Diggings, mid 19th century,10.5cm diameter$200300 126F. CONDY - SYDNEY - LONDON - HAM SHOP antique point of sale porcelain pot stand decorated with126three masted ship, 19th century,20cm diameterCondy was listed as a Provisions Dealer at 145 Oxford Street, Sydney in127Sands & Macdougalls 1883 directory.The Australian Cricket Team of 1878, In 1889 he was running Ham & Beefcommemorative handkerchief printed shops at numbers 145 and 346 Oxfordwith central group team portrait and 4 Street, Paddington. In 1900 his shopcorner roundels (Murdoch, Spofforth, was at 131 Oxford St, Waverley.Bannerman & Blackham), all within He is last listed in 1909. elaborate decorative borders with $400600 title banner and arms, printed on white linen, Registered Sept. 1878, overall 66 x 66cm.The Australian Cricket Team of 1878 was making the inaugural first-class tour of Great Britain by a representative overseas side. Although no Test matches were played in 1878, the tour proved to be such an outstanding financial and sporting success that the future of international cricket was assured. The tour commenced in 1877 and ended in January 1879. They played in Australia, New Zealand, England, the U.S.A., Canada and again in Eastern Australia on their return. They defeated the M.C.C. at Lords in May 1878, with W.G. Grace out for 4 and a duck to the second ball he faced in each innings.$500750128An antique Chinese export ware tea caddy with two engraved pewter inserts, bearing original retailers label inside lid P.A. SPRITCH, TEA MERCHANT AND IMPORTER, HOBART, TASMANIA. SEMAPHORE, 19th century,12.5cm high, 19cm wide, 12.5cm deep$400600 127'