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The Berry Collection Day 1 — Young's Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Young's Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:303
Sale Title:The Berry Collection Day 1Lots with images:303
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:277
Date:24-Aug-2008
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Melrose Ware green glazed oval pottery trough with two handles and decorated with ring-tail possums on gumtree branches, designed by William Ricketts
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Melrose Ware, set of 4 pottery canisters in a pale blue glaze with gumleaf and gumnut decoration. Largest is 20 cm tall
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Melrose Ware Pair of green glazed pottery flower troughs, decorated with gum leaves. 35 wide x 12 cm tall
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Remued, four pieces of pottery including two jugs, vase and a candlestick in green and brown glazes, with applied handles
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Remued, five pottery vases, two shaped vases and three basket vases with twist handles
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Remued Five pieces of pottery including two ribbed barrel vases, wall pocket, spherical vase & a tapered vase, all in green, brown & blue glazes.
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Remued Three pottery vases in green, pale blue & cream glazes, all with indented bodies or rims.
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Remued pottery vase with a ribbed body, unusual orange, green and pale brown glazing and its original sticker, signed on the base
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Remued Pottery jug with a branch handle, gumleaf and gumnut decorations and a green and brown ground, the leaves with pink highlights, incised 'Remued, 1933'
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Two pottery bread crocks, in green and blue glazes, with one lid
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John Campbell, two pottery vases, both with applied handles and ribbed decoration in blue and brown glazes. With incised signature on base, 17 cm and 21 cm
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John Campbell, three green glazed, square shaped pottery flower troughs. Width 24 cm
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John Campbell, green glazed pottery jug and a green glazed mug, incised signatures to the base, jug 18 cm tall, the mug 12 cm tall
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John Campbell pottery vase, and a McHugh green glazed vase, both signed on the base, 23 cm and 17 cm
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Bennett Pottery (Adelaide) Four pieces of pottery including a green glazed trough with aid and stamped name, brown glazed vase, jug and a dog, the vase 19 cm high
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Philippa James pottery vase with an applied gumleaf and gum-blossoms, a turquoise glazed body, a pink interior and an incised signature
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Philippa James pottery bell with the handle in the form of a gumleaf and nut
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Marguerite Mahood hand built plaster bust of the 'Madonna' with a glossy cream glazed pottery face and hands, hand painted features, a matt brown finish to the cloak, incised lines and an incised signature on the front
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Marguerite Mahood pottery vase with incised floral design and green and brown glazes, signed 'M. Mahood, Q2338'
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Marguerite Mahood pottery squat shaped vase with pierced floral daisy decorations, a yellow body, a signed base, 'MM, to S.T.' and dated '12/11/32, B268'
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Pottery flower trough, green glaze with a koala figured flower aid in the centre. Incised on the base 'L4' 11 cm
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Merric Boyd Pottery vase, double waisted body with a flared rim, in a green glaze. Incised 'Merric Boyd 1926' 25 cm
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Cruffel blue glazed ceramic jug with a green and brown glazed branch handle and its original paper label to the base
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Cruffel green glazed pottery jug with an applied koala handle
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Tasmanian writing box iInlaid with various timbers including bird's eye figured huon pine, cedar, blackwood, beefwood and musk, a sunburst inlaid top and huon a pine interior
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Pair of early colonial double sided whale's tooth scrimshaws, the fronts with three quarter portraits of young ladies, the reverse with half length profiles, set on primitive oval cedar stepped bases
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Colonial whale's tooth scrimshaw engraved with a 3-masted sailing ship, 14 cm
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Colonial whale's tooth scrimshaw engraved with a 3-masted sailing ship sporting English ensign, 14 cm
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Pair of early colonial whale's tooth scrimshaws with inscribed scenes of young couples in colonial costumes, faint inscriptions on the fronts and backs 'Mr Guthrie' and 'Emy Grig'
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Colonial whale's tooth scrimshaw, inscribed with naval motifs, anchors and semi-naked woman, soldiers, cannons and display of flags
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Antique whale's tooth scrimshaw Inscribed with a tall ship, landscape, buildings, weather vanes, tee-pee and a flag with stars and stripes, 12 cm
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Colonial folk art Valentine shell arrangement in its original octagonal bi-fold cedar case
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Australian leather folk art picture frame, the pressed floral arrangement under etched glass
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19th century English (Torquay) terracotta plaque interesting hand painted scenes of colonial Australian homesteads & floral sprays. 33 cm diameter
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19th century scrimshaw powder horn with various engraved scenes including Napoleon, the Australian Coat of Arms, 'Advance Australia', Christ on the cross, battle scenes and various symbols, and with a metal chain
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Colonial Australian scrimshaw powder horn engraved with man and woman flanking a shield marked 'V.D.L 1839' (Van Diemen's Land) and on the reverse a toast: 'Then give me, gods, but health and friends, and I'll no longer grieve; but laugh at care, which life attends, and wealth to others leave, generous glass I'll freely quaff and fill it o'er and o'er, till death shall stop the jocund laugh, by knocking at my door.' 29 cm
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19th century pine box, decorated on the top and sides with hand painted fern decorations
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Pitcairn Island folk art, three items of woodware including a timber candle holder with inscription 'Pitcairn Island was settled in 1789 by a small band of Englishmen, and headed by Fletcher Christian and assisted by Edward Young this small colony grew and prospered. Today there are about 189 inhabitants most of whom can trace their lineage to the nine original English settlers. Made by Burnett Christian' (Burnett Christian, born 8/6/1897 on Pitcairn Island.), a candleholder with arm by Warren Christian…
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19th century china wash jug blue and white scenes of Australian native fauna including emus, kangaroo, wallaby and bush fowl. Made by R. Hammersley. 31 cm
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Pair of 19th century porcelain bowls entitled 'The Australian Bush', and decorated with reclining kangaroos and joeys in landscapes, by W. Brownfield, with an England registration mark for 1875
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19th century porcelain plate and matching bowl, made for the 'Union Club, Hobart Town', decorated with the 'Union Club' oval banner, flanked by a kangaroo and emu, a 'Ships, Colonies & Commerce' banner underneath and monogrammed on the base 'M & B No. 3959, Minton & Boyle' (operating from 1836 to 1841)
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Three (3) Adams china wall plates Australian scenes, two 'Centenary Of Melbourne 1834 - 1934' and 'Botany Bay 1770'
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Wedgwood china dinner plate with the 'Australian Flora' pattern of Sturt's Desert Pea, quandongs and wildflowers
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Four Victorian plates, one with 'Brunswick Wesleyan Church' banner and three Masonic Club Of Victoria plates, dated 1911
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Woods & Sons porcelain wall plate celebrating '150 Years Of Progress' and showing portraits of NSW Governors
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Collection of souvenir china Australian towns & places, by Goss, Grafton, Shelley, Noritake & others, including cups, saucers, plates, beakers etc. 46 pieces
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Rock crystal sculpture, etched with a scene of an Aboriginal girl and a kangaroo, signed 'L. Dostal, 1970'. Ladislav Dostal was born in Czechoslovakia, left as a refugee to Norway, and moved to Australia in 1974
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Pair of Art Deco marble bookends with applied metal kangaroo figures
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Five pieces of Australiana metal ware Includes a kangaroo pipe stand, emu napkin holder, kookaburra bookend, kangaroo ornament and a tray engraved with kangaroos in bush setting
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19th century aneroid barometer with a shield shaped fiddleback blackwood case
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Fiddleback blackwood desk compendium with a stepped design for holding papers, envelopes, etc
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Selection of fiddleback blackwood folk art Including a comport, plate & post & rail fence. 3 pieces
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Australiana pokerwork woodware Including a comport, plate, bowl and vase decorated with flora and fauna (4)
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Australian woodware, two pokerwork decorated boxes, and a silky oak musical cigarette box (3)
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Australian pokerwork woodware, two pokerwork cylindrical vases, a doyley holder and a plate decorated with gum leaves, vines and waratahs (4)
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Australian pokerwork woodware, blackwood comport, silky oak comport and a pokerwork cigarette box with magpie and cats, two pokerwork trays and a breadboard (6)
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Australian pokerwork woodware, pair of pokerwork candlesticks, two vases, doyley holder and a clothes brush (6)
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Australian woodware, collection of pokerwork and mulgawood items including napkin rings, bowls, letter openers, inkwells, book-ends etc. (15)
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Australian woodware, three turned wooden comports and two pokerwork decorated vases. (5)
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Australian woodware, four carved wooden folk art plates decorated with animals and sayings including 'Elephants never forget' (4)
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Thomas Woolner bronze medallion of 'Governor C. J. La Trobe', with a circular timber frame, signature and dated 1853. Another copy of this medallion is on show at the State Library of Victoria, in the La Trobe Collection
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Cedar framed exhibition award, commemorative bronzed medallion for the 'Intercolonial Exhibition Victoria, 1866-7', awarded to 'Gray & Waring', sculpted by Charles Summers and cast by W. Calvert
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Exhibition award commemorative bronzed medallion for the 'Intercolonial Exhibition Victoria, 1866-7'. medal awarded to James Henley, sculpted by Charles Summers and cast by W. Calvert, in a circular cedar frame, 19th century patina
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Pair of Victorian plaster relief portrait plaques of a man and a woman, with an impressed artist's name, 'C Summers, 1860', circular cedar frames and convex glass
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Melbourne Exhibition presentation glass, with 'Floyd Green & Co. Glassworks, Richmond' acid etched to the bowl, and 'Centennial International Exhibition Melbourne. in Memory of the Best Decorated Wine Trophy', the reverse with 'I Am John Vettler, Who the (Devil) Are You?'
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Opaque green Depression glass, Art Deco glass vase with koalas on the body and a pair of koala shaped handles
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Edwardian bronze painted plaster wall plaque portrait relief of a woman, dated 1906. By Charles Richardson, with Melb. Uni gallery label (to reverse) from 1985 exhibition. 38 x 12 cm
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19th century whale-bone marlin spike, 51 cm
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Singer Sewing Machines award and trophy board, 'Prizes Awarded in Europe to the Singer Manufacturing Company, Sole Proprietor's of Singer's Sewing Machines', with a display of one hundred and twenty one circular medals and six trophy cups, the medals detail the town, county, exhibition or agricultural show where the medals were awarded, dated from the 1860s, from cities including Paris, Moscow, Philadelphia, Naples, Vienna, Amsterdam, Manchester, Southport Birkenhead and more, all mounted on their original…
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Carnival gass cobalt bowl decorated with the 'Small Roo' pattern (Rd. 4696)
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Carnival glass cobalt bowl with the 'Swan and Christmas Bells' pattern (Rd. 4696)
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Carnival Glass marigold bowl decorated with 'Small Roo' pattern. Rd. 4696 24 cm
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Carnival glass marigold bowl with the 'Swan and Christmas Bells' pattern (Rd. 4696)
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Carnival Glass cobalt bowl with the 'Magpie and Flannel Flower' pattern
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Carnival Glass marigold bowl with the 'Magpie and Flannel Flower' pattern
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Carnival Glass cobalt bowl in the 'Shrike with Wattle Garland' pattern
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Carnival glass marigold bowl in the 'Shrike with Wattle Garland' pattern
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Two carnival glass cobalt small bowls, one 'Shrike' and one 'Kingfisher' patternm
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Commemorative pressed amber glass bowl for 'Australia's Centenary' featuring the Australian Coat of Arms and date shields for '1788' and '1888'
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Commemorative pressed clear glass bowl, 'Australia's Centenary' with Australian Coat Of Arms and date shields
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Commemorative pressed amber glass plate for 'Australia's Centenary', reaturing the Australian Coat Of Arms and date shields for '1788' and '1888'
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Clear pressed glass plate commemorating 'Australia's Centenary', featuring the Australian coat of arms and date shields for '1788' and '1888'
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Amber pressed glass comport commemorating 'Australia's Centenary' with 'Advance Australia' banners, the Australian Coat of Arms, mining and rural motifs and a rising sun
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Antique pressed clear glass bowl with Lord's Prayer, 'Give us this day our daily bread'. 24 cm
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Three pieces of antique pressed glass including Royal Jubilee, Coronation of Edward VII and 'Gladstone, For The Million'
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Commemorative ' Advance Australia' pressed amber glass bowl with the Australian Coat of Arms and banners naming the capital cities
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Commemorative 'Advance Australia' pressed clear glass plate with the Australian Coat of Arms and banners naming the capital cities
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Blue pressed glass 'Australia's Centenary' bowl, and an oval blue glass 'Peace & Plenty' bowl (2)
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19th century silver mounted emu egg vase with a pair of rope twist handles, embossed and stamped floral decorations to the neck and base, made by J M Wendt of Adelaide
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Silver mounted emu egg carved with emus and kangaroos on the front and the reverse decorated with an offering of flowers and inscription, 'Many Happy Returns For the Day', the egg is capped with an emu figured finial and set on a silver trunk with fern leaves, mounted on a blackwood plinth, total. Height 29 cm
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Antique silver plate mounted emu egg table centrepiece with emu finial, leaf and flannel flower decoration on a rocky foliage landscape base. 33 cm
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Pair of sterling silver serviette rings By J M Wendt of Adelaide, in original gift box. Engraved with monogram.
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Four piece sterling silver tea service consisting of a two handled tray, a teapot, milk jug and sugar bowl, made by Brunkhorst of Adelaide
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Pair of sterling silver toast racks, made by 'Drummond & Co, Melbourne'
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Map of 'Australia' mantle clock, silver plated and engraved with five states, with a British United Clock Co. movement
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Silver teapot with chased folk art decoration of Wily Wagtails and blossoms, and an Australian silver plated bread fork with boomerang and map of Australia finial
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Antique folk-art shield of the Australian coat of arms, hand painted on shaped kerosene tins. 63 tall x 54 wide
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Cast iron figural plaque of indigenous warrior with quiver and arrows. Titled 'Ab Origine' in a banner. 39 tall x 40 wide
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Gustav Pillig, circular bronze portrait plaque of 'Victor Cobb'
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Gustav Pillig carved cedar statue of a baby boy seated on a square plinth, signed and dated 1917. 17.5 cm
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