b'67321 324 325An antique English mahogany pedestalMARGUERITE MORAN TasmanianBRYAN MANSELL white painted metal with tilt-top storage compartment,huon pine turned pedestal with pokeroccasional table with mosaic tile top, circa 1880, work and hand-painted birds of paradisesigned lower right Bryan Mansell, 71cm high, 45cm wide, 45cm deep decoration, circa 1930s, mid 20th century,$400600 92cm high 57cm high, 70cm wide, 54cm deepPROVENANCE $250350 322 Purchased 2011 from Sherwood Bazaar An Australian Arts & Crafts ebonisedAntiques, Queensland, who acquired it timber fire screen with Australianfrom the family.sulphur crested cockatoo printed fabricMarguerite Moran (nee Walker), insert, circa 1920s-30s, attended art school in Sydney. 86cm high, 65cm wide,Descendants recollect that in the 23cm deep overall 1920s and 1930s, she and her husband $400600 resided at Beecroft where she made and exhibited craft articles. She was skilled in printing, pyrography 323 (pokerwork), wood carving, and the An Australian folk art stained huoncarving of cameo brooches. For many pine pokerwork wine table, decoratedyears her work was sold through the with gumnuts, leaves and kookaburras,Brisbane emporium of T. C. Bierne & circa 1920s, Co., reputedly after a representative 59cm high, 35cm diameter of the firm saw her work in Sydney. $400600After the family relocated to Brisbane, Moran continued to exhibit in Sydney.$400600322 324'