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Special Antique Auction — Gowans Auctions

Auction House:Gowans AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:536
Sale Title:Special Antique AuctionLots with images:457
Auction Location:HobartPrices available:379
Date:24-Nov-2012
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George IV mahogany bow front sideboard on tapered legs
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Large Eastern blue and white urn (Damage to lid) 37 cm high
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Early Victorian mahogany library chair with pull out foot rest and scrolled arms
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Victorian mahogany carver chair with scrolled arms
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Huon pine top games table on tripod base
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Colonial cedar five drawer bracket foot chest of drawers with cockbeading, circa 1830, full cedar
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Book, 19th century Australian Furniture, Fahy and Simpson
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Eastern bowl on stand, decorated Koi and dragon design
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Book, Australian Furniture Pictorial History and Dictionary 1788-1938 (Kevin Fahy and Andrew Simpson)
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Fiddleback blackwood rocking armchair, carved in arts and craft style
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Chandlers Boston adjustable school desk and chair on iron base
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Royal Copenhagen dinner set, blue and white
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AWA Bakelite Empire mantle radio, the Fisk, brown
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Miniature five drawer mahogany chest of drawers with shaped apron, 42 cm high, 42 cm wide, 24.5 cm deep
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19th century cedar apprentice bookcase, 55 cm high, 30 cm wide, 19 cm deep
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Heavy hand forged 10 tyne rake (possibly convict punishment rake)
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5 drawer miniature cedar apprentice chest of drawers, 40.5 cm high, 40.5 cm wide and 18 cm deep
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Pine miniature tramp art apprentice dressing table, 44 cm high, 30 cm wide, 14.5 cm deep
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Majolica 'The Abbott' water filter
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Large Cantonese bowl 30 cm wide, 13 cm high (minor repair)
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Two Brier antique walking sticks
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Tramp Art sewing box
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5 piece silver plated tea service, including large tray with pierced gallery
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Victorian pair of spelter statues, two boys
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19th century cedar and mahogany breakfront chest of drawers with full columns
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19th century cedar apprentice style cabinet with three drawers in base and two upper doors, 88 cm high, 49 cm wide, 25.5 cm deep (possibly made for dolls furniture)
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Cedar miniature bookcase top with arched panel doors, 91 cm high, 65 cm wide, 27 cm deep
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Cedar four drawer apprentice chest with cantilever top, 55.5 cm high, 50 cm wide, 27.5 cm deep
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Early pond yacht on stand with highly decorative timber Hull and Keel
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Bench top blackwood display cabinet, glass cracked, no key
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Tall Bretby Art Nouveau vase, 62 cm
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Pair 19th century Italian seated figures (80 cm high)
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Early cedar rocking bassinette with shaped sides
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Ships cannon, salvaged off wreck of American whaler C1860, 105 cm long, 23 cm wide, 35 cm high
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Pair 19th century cedar farmhouse bed ends in Gothic style with blackwood posts
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Victorian toilet mirror in elaborately carved mahogany with Prince of Wales feathers cresting to the top
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Cast iron Georgian fire back, Ex Commandants cottage, Port Arthur, impressed with coat of arms
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Bengal tiger skin
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A painted plaster figure of a vestal with candle holder
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19th century pair of rosewood drawing room chairs
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Regency garden bench seat made from slatted iron with scrolled ends, 211 cm long
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Native bead and shell work wall hanging
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A rare collection of Tasmanian birds' eggs. In tin case
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Huon pine and blackwood half model hull, 42 cm
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Huon pine and blackwood half model hull mounted on blackwood Backing, 37 cm
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Huon pine and blackwood half model hull on blackwood Backing, 55 cm
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Model three masted ship in display case
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Huon pine diorama three masted model schooner in cedar and huon pine glass front case the flag at the top of the mast reading Jipsy Queen, 72 cm (L) x 36 cm (H) x 17 cm (D)
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Huon pine and cedar half model boat hull on blackwood panel, 42 cm
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Colonial cedar shops counter, originally from Richmond with 14 drawers with cedar top, 249 cm long
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Victorian rosewood canterbury with single drawer
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20th century lacquer Eastern cabinet with bone and hand painted decoration fitted with drawers and compartments in top section and secretaire base, 220 cm high, 87.5 cm wide, 54.5 cm deep
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English oak and mahogany grandfather clock C1790
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Cedar two door raised panel base glass top display cabinet
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Victorian mahogany two door china cabinet on cabriole legs
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Colonial cedar bookcase top stamped with broad arrows and R E (Royal engineers)
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Early Colonial cedar bookcase top with astragal glazed doors
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Victorian mahogany butlers tray and stand
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Book, Solar Eclipse Expedition to Port Davey 1910
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Moorcroft vase
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Imari plate
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Pottery tortoise, blue
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Pine two drawer two door cupboard
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Cedar single door cabinet
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Triangular crib board inlaid with Australian timbers, including musk and blackwood
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C1830 (possibly Scottish) mahogany secretaire with ebony and ivory inlay, secret drawers
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Early steeple case mantle clock with reeded fascia and brass cornice decoration
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Pair of Langley Ware jardinieres
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19th century mahogany inlaid stool
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Four pine and blackwood cottage chairs with kangaroo backs
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Victorian mahogany bow front chest of drawers on bracket feet
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Carved dog head with moving mouth walking stick
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Antique walking stick birds head finial
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Regency mahogany twin pedestal sideboard the doors applied with Egyptian shaped panels
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Bretby jardiniere, blue and green
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Australian timber inlaid box kangaroo and emu motif
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Hanwood port
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Satsuma jardiniere
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Victorian mother of pearl and papier mache tray
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19th century cedar 7 drawer chest of drawers
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Australian bush chest on chest of drawers made from packing cases with painted wood grain finish the lower half stencilled above 'A. Bourne, Plumber Painter & Co., Queensland Australia'
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Fine pair of William IV Sheffield double entree dishes with warming compartments
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Large Victorian copper street lamp of tapered square form with clear sides opaque glass top and an elaborate copper finial
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Set of Victorian four seasons cast iron chairs
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Two tier pub table with Victorian style cast pedestal base
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Huon pine pickling trough, 113 cm long, 64 cm wide, 41 cm deep
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Coronation foot stool used at Coronation of King George VI at Westminster Abbey
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Copper funnel stamped with broad arrow
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Copper funnel stamped with broad arrow and British Ordnance
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Copper measure stamped with broad arrow and British Ordnance
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Lidded MacRobertsons Fitzroy glass jar
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Brass telescope
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Large cedar inlaid games box and carved chess pieces
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Pewter whale oil lamp with date inscribed to base
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Eastern bronze statue of a man on abalone shell base
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Bronze slender neck vase with applied bird and stem decoration
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Unusual pottery flower holder
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Regency style plaque blue velvet border
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Bradburys demijohn
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Early huon pine three partition grain bin
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