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The Collection of Caressa Crouch & Carl Gonsalves — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:496
Sale Title:The Collection of Caressa Crouch & Carl GonsalvesLots with images:491
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:478
Date:22-Feb-2015
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A cedar side table, Australian, circa 1840, 70 cm high, 122 cm wide, 61 cm deep
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A blackwood revolving bookcase, Australian, first half 20th century, 115 cm high, 58 cm wide, 58 cm deep
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A huon pine half tester bed, Australian, circa 1860, approx. 264 cm high, 205 cm wide, 163 cm deep
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A small cedar knee-hole desk, Australian, circa 1840, 73 cm high, 92 cm wide, 51 cm deep
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A cedar pedestal desk, Australian, circa 1890, 114 cm high, 145 cm wide, 75 cm deep
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A cedar cabinet, Australian, 19th century, 111 cm high, 76 cm wide, 46 cm deep
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A cast iron mounted figural umbrella stand on a cedar base, embossed Nelson, 19th century, 99 cm high, 41 cm wide, 23 cm deep
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A cedar chest, Australian, circa 1840, 87.5 cm high, 107.5 cm wide, 46.5 cm deep
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A small pine tramp carved wall cabinet, Australian, circa 1890, 35 cm high, 27 cm wide, 16 cm deep
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A possum skin rug, circa 1900, 190 x 144 cm
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A huon pine console table, Hobart, circa 1830, 80.5 cm high, 71 cm wide, 54 cm deep. Literature: Australian Furniture: Pictorial History and Dictionary, 1788-1938, Kevin Fahy and Andrew Simpson, Casuarina Press Ptd Ltd, Woollahra p. 408 (illustrated)
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A large Regency style cedar full tester bed, Australian, circa 1850, approx. 240 cm high, 23 cm wide, 154 cm deep. Provenance: ex Kingston, Deddinton, Northern Tasmania
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An unusual string inlaid cedar and pine toilet mirror, Tasmanian, circa 1840, 72 cm high, 59 cm wide, 28 cm deep. Literature: Australian Furniture: Pictorial History and Dictionary, 1788-1938, Kevin Fahy and Andrew Simpson, Casuarina Press Ptd Ltd, Woollahra p. 309 (illustrated)
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A cedar picture frame, Sydney, circa 1880, 58 cm high, 53 cm wide. Literature: Australian Furniture: Pictorial History and Dictionary, 1788-1938, Kevin Fahy and Andrew Simpson, Casuarina Press Ptd Ltd, Woollahra p. 318 (illustrated)
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A bevel glazed marquetry ivory inlaid ebonized drinks cabinet, English, 19th century, including four etched glass decanters and glasses, 28 cm high, 36 cm wide, 28 cm deep
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Four pieces of carved treenware, 19th century, the largest 10 x 10 cm
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A collection of three carved horn and copper tobacco/snuff boxes, 19th century, the largest 11 cm
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A brass mounted cedar butlers tray and stand, Tasmanian, circa 1850, 83.5 cm high, 91 cm wide, 71 cm deep (extended). Literature: Australian Furniture: Pictorial History and Dictionary, 1788-1938, Kevin Fahy and Andrew Simpson, Casuarina Press Ptd Ltd, Woollahra p. 371 (illustrated)
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A collection of carved Australian timber treenware, late 19th/20th century, the tallest piece 21 cm
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A gilt wood mirror, embossed with the Australian coat of arms, late 19th/20th century, 79 cm high, 65 cm wide
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A cedar and specimen wood parquetry inlaid mirror, Australian, 19th/20th century, 72 x 58 cm
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A carved cedar document box, Australian, circa 1860, 32 cm high, 31 cm wide, 29 cm deep.
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A huon pine side table, Tasmanian, circa 1850, 73 cm high, 91 cm wide, 48 cm deep
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A finely carved wooden figure of a frill-neck lizard, initialled C.H. and dated 1935, 25 cm high
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A chip carved box inkwell and three pipes, 19th century, the largest pipe 55 cm
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Two pine towel rails and a cedar towel rail, Australian, the tallest 83 cm
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A substantial brass bound casuarina campaign writing slope, Australian, 1840, 23 cm high, 61 cm wide, 31 cm deep
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A string inlaid cedar side table, Australian, 19th century, 75 cm high, 98 cm wide, 56 cm deep
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A leather inset cedar telescopic draftsman desk, Australian, circa 1860, 114 cm high, 85 cm wide, 53 cm deep
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A small cedar single-drawer side table, Australian, circa 1850, 75 cm high, 62 cm wide, 51 cm deep
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A small cedar pot cupboard, Australian, 19th century, 46 cm high, 46 cm wide, 45 cm wide
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A cedar cutlery box, Australian, 34 cm high, 44 cm wide, 45 cm deep
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A koala skin rug, circa 1900, 125 x 90 cm
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A casuarina inlaid circular cedar tilt-top centre table, Australian, circa 1830, 72 cm high, 122 cm diameter
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A cedar four-tier open bookshelf, Australian, circa 1840, 127 cm high, 115 cm wide, 24 cm deep.
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A cedar four drawer chest, Australian, 1840, 82 cm high, 84 cm wide, 47 cm deep
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A carved cedar frame, Australian, 20th century, containing a print of a farm yard, 47 x 63 cm
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A cedar wardrobe, Australian, 19th century, 228 cm high, 132 cm wide, 59 cm deep
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A cedar and myrtle glazed corner cabinet, Australian, 19th century, 196 cm high, 82 cm wide, 32 cm deep
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A cedar corner cupboard, probably Tasmanian, circa 1840, 174 cm high, 69 cm wide, 31 cm deep
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A cedar, huon pine and rosewood marquetry inlaid occasional table, Australian, circa 1860, 72 cm high, 44 cm diameter
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A huon pine eight drawer tall-boy chest, Australian, circa 1870, 128 cm high, 115 cm wide, 62 cm deep
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A cedar dwarf bookcase, Australian, circa 1860, 75 cm high, 133 cm wide, 22 cm deep
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A cedar open bookshelf, Australian, 19th/20th century, 55 cm high, 122 cm wide, 27 cm deep
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A cedar gate-leg foldover tea table, Australian, circa 1840, 74 cm high, 98.5 cm wide, 45.5 cm deep
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A small cedar pot cupboard, Australian, 19th century, 41 cm high, 40 cm wide, 43 cm wide
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A set of carved pine bellows, Australian, late 19th century, 67 cm long
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A cedar officer's mess campaign billiards tables, 19th century, including two sets of balls and four cues, 16 cm high, 130 cm wide, 74 cm deep
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A muskwood, cedar and huon pine leather inset writing slope, Tasmanian, circa 1850, 18 cm high, 46 cm wide, 26 cm deep
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A string inlaid cedar secretaire chest, probably Tasmanian, circa 1840, 115 cm high, 110 cm wide, 59 cm deep. Provenance: ex Clairville, Northern Tasmania. Tullochs Auctions
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A collection of reference books on Australian furniture
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A large collection of references on furniture makers and construction
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A blackwood sarcophagus top sewing box, 19th century, 18 cm high, 34 cm wide, 26 cm deep
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A rare cedar Wellington chest, Australian, circa 1850, 106 cm high, 175 cm wide, 46 cm deep
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A pair of cedar armchairs, possibly Tasmanian, circa 1840, 93 x 56 cm
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A collection of various furniture pattern books, 19th century and later, including W.H Rocke & Co., Melbourne and William Smee & Sons, London
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An Australian treacle glaze toby jug, by R. Fowler Limited Sydney, circa 1940, 22 cm high
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A Staffordshire treacle glazed flask in the form of a mermaid, 19th century, 19 cm high
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An Australian salt glaze pottery hunting jug with a relief moulded Australian coat of arms, attributed to Mashman pottery, circa 1910, 16 cm high
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Two Australian pottery treacle glaze Advance Australia teapots, late 19th/20th century, the largest 23 cm
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A collection of treacle glaze and salt glaze pottery jugs, late 19th/20th century, including an early glazed hunt jug marked Alfred Cornwell manufacturer Brunswick and another hunt themed jug from the Fowler pottery, the largest 22 cm
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A pair of large earthenware treacle glaze two handled urns, probably Tasmanian, circa 1920, 37.5 cm high
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A drip glazed Australian character pottery jug, 20th century, 16.5 cm high
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A treacle glaze stoneware lion, Australian, first half 20th century, 22 cm high
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A large treacle glazed 'Advance Australia' teapot, Scottish, circa 1890, 28 cm high. Note: illustrated Australian Pottery of 19th and early 20th century, Garham, Marjorie, Published, David Ell Press in association with National Trust of Australia (N.S.W.), Women's Committee, First edition (1979)
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A treacle glaze wheat sheaf decorated pottery jelly mould, Australian, late 19th century, 22.5 cm wide
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A brown glaze earthenware figure of a recumbent lion, Australian, probably Industrial Brick Co Waterloo, late 19th century, 20.5 cm high, 31 cm long
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A Staffordshire earthenware blue and white transfer pattern plate, 'Hobart Town', circa 1825. Note: (After) George William Evans who originally published the image as a frontispiece to his book on the colony in 1822. Earliest known depiction of Australia on porcelain or earthen ware. Diameter 23 cm, For a similar example see collection of the National Gallery of Australia, purchased, 1980, Accession No: NGA 80.1540
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A collection of Australian themed porcelain cups, saucers, plates and jug, 20th century, the tallest jug 15 cm
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A rare John Campbell majolica glazed earthenware bread plate, Tasmanian, circa 1890, together with a daily bread plate signed Glenn Campbell Tasmania, circa 1947, the largest 34 cm wide, 27.5 cm deep. Note: After John Campbell's death in 1928, the firm was managed by his son Colin. In addition to supplying the Tasmanian market, in the 1930s Campbell's Pottery exported handmade richly glazed art pottery to mainland states, where it became famous and enjoyed good sales. Pottery was also exported to New…
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A large relief moulded glazed earthenware jardiniere, marked Wunderlich Limited, Sydney, circa 1935, 15.5 cm high, 39 cm wide
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A large majolica planter, by John Campbell, Tasmanian, circa 1930, 16 cm high, 42 cm wide
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A large earthenware glaze jardiniere, signed John Campbell, Tas., MB, circa 1920, 20 cm high, 45 cm wide
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Three large cylindrical relief decorated stoneware chimney pots, late 19th/20th century, one impressed 'John Campbell, Manufacturer, Sandhill Launceston', 49 cm high
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Two stoneware relief decorated jardinieres and a chimney pot, probably made by the Industrial Brick Co. Waterloo, late 19th/20th century, 33 cm high
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A ceramic 'spud bottle' attributed to Lithgow Pottery, NSW, late 19th/20th century, 16 cm high. Note: for a similar example see Ian Evans, The Lithgow Pottery, page 35, illustrated, Mona Brand, Australiana, page 34
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Two 'Emigrants to Australia' transfer printed porcelain mugs, English, first half 19th century, the largest 8 cm high
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An early colonial tin-glaze 'Advance Tasmania' jug, 19th century, 19 cm high
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A collection of Australian crested china, including Goss, 20th century, the ship 16.5 cm
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A collection of Advance Australia crested porcelain, 19th century and later, the plate 21 cm diameter
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Four pieces of Australian pottery, late 19th/20th century, including a jar by J. Isaacs, George Street South, Sydney and a Hoffman chamber pot, the tallest vase 31.5 cm
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A large Minton & Boyle gilded platter made for the Union Club Hobart, circa 1840, 37 cm diameter
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An English lustreware jug printed with the vessel 'The Star of Tasmania', circa 1865, the reverse prints with an east view of the new bridge Sunderland, 113.5 cm high. Note: the latter print, depicting the 1858 reconstruction of the 1796 cast iron bridge, and the pottery kilns, was used by Scott's Southwick Potter, Moore Ware Pottery and probably Bell's Deptford Pottery
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A collection of ten Australian and nautical themed porcelain plates including Royal Doulton, 20th century, the largest 27 cm diameter
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A large collection of Australian exhibition and great exhibition commemorative ware, 19th century and later, together with 'The Official Description and Illustration Catalogue of the Great Exhibition, 1851. Vol. 1 Index and Introductory. Section I. Raw Materials, Classes 1 to 4. Section II Machinery, Classes 5 to 10. Spicer Brothers, W.Clowes and Sons.', the tallest glass beaker 15.5 cm
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An Australian pottery character jug of Joseph Lyons by John Campbell, Tasmania, first half 20th century, the Joseph Lyons jug 20.5 cm high. Note: Joseph Lyons was Labor Premier of Tasmania from 1923 to 1928 and a Minister in the James Scullin government from 1929 until his resignation from the Labor Party in March 1931. He subsequently led the United Australia Party and was the tenth Prime Minister of Australia from January 1932 until his death.
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An Australian pottery hand painted willow pattern dish by Maude Poynter, Ratho, 1926, 15.5 cm diameter
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A rare Australian pottery bust of Captain Cook, circa 1877, 29 cm high
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A rare Australian pottery two-tone jar impressed I. Sherwin, probably Isaac Sherwin, Launceston, circa 1840, 19.5 cm high
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A collection of five pieces of Chamberlain Worcester porcelain, made for Mr. Dudley Fereday, Sheriff of Van Diemens Land, circa 1825, the platter 34 cm across the handles
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A collection of Sydney Harbour Bridge commemorative ware, circa 1932, comprising a coffee set, a vase, two bowls, a glass dish, a brass stand and a carved wooden wall plaque, the porcelain bridge vase 27 cm wide
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An unglazed pottery urn, Australian, by Liebentritt & Son Cumberland Pottery, near Enfield NSW, late 19th century, 34.5 cm high. Note: Paul Liebentritt, born in Austria on October 22 1807, arrived in Australia, from Germany, on 7 December 1857. He came to Australia with his wife Henretta Ellenora and their four sons, Fredrick William, John Henry, George Christian Theodore, and John Frederick., Paul Liebentritt started a small pottery business on Liverpool Road (Hume Highway) near Enfield, almost opposite…
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A Staffordshire figure of Sir R. Tichborne, 19th century, 38.5 cm high. Note: In 1854 Roger Tichborne, heir to the Tichborne estate in Britain, disappeared at sea. Eleven years later Thomas Castro, then working as a butcher in Wagga Wagga (where the Museum of Riverina is), wrote to Tichborne's mother, claiming that he was her missing son, living incognito in Australia., Castro (real name Arthur Orton, born in Wapping, London) looked and sounded nothing like the thin, educated Roger Tichborne, but staked…
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A large collection of Australian, English and European porcelain, 19th century and later, including platters, plates, tureens and a jug, the largest platter 44 cm wide
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Four pieces of commemorative porcelain, marking 'The Centenary of the Crossing of the Blue Mountains in May 1813', celebrated at Mount York, Mount Victoria, May 1913, the tea pot 12.5 cm
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A plaster figure of 'Mo' and a ceramic figure of 'The Dog on the Tucker Box', the figure of 'Mo' 24 cm. Note: Roy (Mo) Rene (1891-1954), comedian, was born on 15 February 1891, at Hindley Street, Adelaide, fourth of seven children. In July 1916 Rene ('Mo') teamed up with comedian Nat Phillips ('Stiffy'), and the duo became the famous—or infamous—'Stiffy' and 'Mo', renowned for their bawdy, 'blue' comedy. Although unknown overseas, 'Mo' was hailed by visiting celebrities such as Dame Sybil Thorndike and…
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A collection of Australian nautical themed lustre porcelain, English, second half 19th century, comprising a large bowl, two square wall plaque dishes depicting 'Great Australia' and 'The Start of Tasmania, a small bowl and a large jug showing 'The Great Australia Clipper Ship'., the large jug 19 cm
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Two porcelain mugs and a small covered box transfer decorated with kangaroos, emus and other Australian marsupials, English, 19th century, the largest mug 8 cm
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An Australian Federation commemorative beaker made by Royal Doulton, 1901, together with a similar restored beaker and an Advance Australia decorated jug, the beaker 10 cm high, the jug 12.5 cm high
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A large Hammersley 'Australia' pattern wash set ewer, English, 19th century, 34 cm high
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