Full details of each lot are displayed, except the lot number, estimate and price. You must be a subscriber to view lot numbers, estimates and prices.

Click here to view registration and subscription levels

Australian & Colonial, Antique & Historical — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

Articles on this Sale

Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:483
Sale Title:Australian & Colonial, Antique & HistoricalLots with images:481
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:361
Date:19-May-2015
***
19th century portrait of a gentleman in an Australian timber frame (cedar, blackwood, silky oak, tulip wood & others) with makers stamp verso 'A. Schramm'. Frame size 78.5 cm x 86 cm
***
***
***
Baron Ferd. Von Mueller portrait lithograph in an impressive Australian native timber frame by A. Schramm, cabinet maker, 60 Westgarth Street Fitzroy. Frame size 76 x 90 cm
***
***
***
Pair of Government issue manacles with broad arrow stamp dated 1917.
***
***
***
Thomas Woolner (1825 - 1892) bronze plaque of Governor Charles LaTrobe, signed 'T. Woolner Sc, 1853', housed in original timber frame. Provenance: By direct family descent. Plaque 22 cm.
***
***
***
A wooden fid, 19th century. 42 cm
***
***
***
Two whalebone jagging wheels, 19th century. 12 cm & 19 cm
***
***
***
Pair of scrimshaw whales teeth with portraits, 19th century. 14 cm each.
***
***
***
An impressive pair of scrimshaw whales teeth with scenes of tall ships & portraits. Weighing in at just under 2kg the pair, 18 cm each
***
***
***
A scrimshaw whales tooth engraved with whaling scene & mermaid, inscribed 'Vive Lamour'. Originally this tooth was a tubua (Fijian chieftains necklace), 19th century. 15 cm
***
***
***
An engraved whale bone scrimshaw panel, 19th century, titled 'Elizabeth Jane' lower left & on the reverse. 21.5 cm x 15 cm
***
***
***
Two whalebone carved toggles. 19th century. Largest 3 cm.
***
***
***
Whalebone & tortoise shell ladle with inset coral bead, 19th century. 22 cm.
***
***
***
A rare whalebone miniature chest of five-drawers in the Georgian style, 19th century, 37 cm high, 25.5 cm wide, 14.5 cm deep.
***
***
***
Whalebone needle case, bone apple corer & ornament, 19th century. Largest 12 cm.
***
***
***
Cribbage board, lignum vitae, whalebone & tooth, 19th century. 29 x 6 cm
***
***
***
A whalebone toddy ladle & 2 lignum vitae toddy ladles, early to mid 19th century. Longest 19 cm
***
***
***
Egg cruet, Tasmanian blackwood stand with 5 whale tooth egg cups together with 8 assorted whalebone spoons, mid 19th century. 23 cm high
***
***
***
A scrimshaw whales tooth with tall ship motif, 19th century.14 cm
***
***
***
A gavel, whale tooth head with whalebone handle, 19th century. 13 cm
***
***
***
Scrimshaw whales tooth with tall ship & mermaid on reverse, 19th century. 13.5 cm
***
***
***
Sperm whale teeth. Group of 21 ranging in size from 12 cm to 16 cm
***
***
***
A scrimshaw whales tooth engraved 'Viva Elevala', mid 20th century. 12.5 cm
***
***
***
Whalebone egg cup & pieced whale bone egg, Anglo-Indian, 19th century. 15 cm
***
***
***
A whalebone paper knife, 19th century. 19 cm
***
***
***
Baleen cosh, mid 19th century. 28 cm
***
***
***
Card case, pierced whalebone, 19th century. 9 x 5 cm
***
***
***
Group of whalebone bodkins, implements & whales tooth clamp. 19th century. (7 items)
***
***
***
Carved whalebone swan ornament, shoe horn & group of assorted implements & spoons, 19th century. Longest 15 cm. (13 items)
***
***
***
Group of 5 whalebone & timber vase ornaments & a carved miniature bucket, Anglo-Indian, 19th century. Tallest 8 cm. (6 items)
***
***
***
Tasmanian Board of Ordinance pewter bowl stamped 'B. O' with broad arrow, 19th century. 10 cm high, 18 cm wide
***
***
***
Sewing tidy, New Zealand burr totara, circa 1860s. 22 cm
***
***
***
Anglo-Indian work box, early 19th century. 18 cm high, 31.5 cm wide, 24 cm deep
***
***
***
A rare Captain Cook Staffordshire pottery figure, circa 1845. 17 cm
***
***
***
Anglo-Indian silver mounted ivory tusk on ebonised timber plinth, 19th century 102 cm.
***
***
***
Sampler by 'Catherine Mary Ellis, Richmond, Aged 7 years May 26th 1864'. 30 x 29.5 cm
***
***
***
Police Baton, Tasmanian, 19th century with Queen Victoria's cipher. 43 cm
***
***
***
An early English stick barometer in oak case with mercury thermometer & an adjustable vernier. 100 cm. Fully restored.
***
***
***
A Victorian needlework sampler by M J McMahon, Long Beach 1860. 26 x 19 cm. Attributed to Mary Jane McMahon, the daughter of James McMahon, an Irishman who arrived in Port Phillip in 1841. McMahon established a 1,000 acre squatting track that covered the coastal strip from Mordialloc Creek to Kananook Creek, now the suburbs of Aspendale, Edithvale, Chelsea, Bonbeach and Carrum. This land was put up for sale after it was first surveyed in 1865, after which James opened the Half-Way House, later to become…
***
***
***
Victorian Railways/ Free Pass, engraved to 'The Hon. C. J. Jenner Mlc'.
***
***
***
Hatpin cushion in the form of a ladies shoe, carved redgum & velvet, 19th century. Length 15 cm
***
***
***
Railway clock. Master clock Ex Spotswood railway depot Melbourne. English fusee movement, 19th century. 60 cm diameter
***
***
***
English mahogany banjo barometer by 'P. Corti, Exeter'. Corti of 5 Market Street, Exeter is listed as a manufacturer of barometers in 1850. Fully restored. 92 cm.
***
***
***
An octagonal plate depicting early views of Sydney, Australian circa 1880's, inscription reads 'G. Hodgson Junr & Co Summer Hill Sydney'. 25 cm diameter. Note: Summerhill is an inner suburb of Sydney part of the Municipality of Ashfield
***
***
***
An impressive pair of cast iron architectural garnitures in the form of a lion & unicorn, 19th century. Length 68 cm each.
***
***
***
Salesman Sample miniature iron bed with fold down sides, 19th century. 36 cm high, 45 cm wide, 27 cm deep
***
***
***
Horatio Nelson cast iron umbrella stand back plate (missing base and hoop). 73 cm.
***
***
***
Bertram MacKennal (1863-1931): Bronze statue of Queen Victoria, published by Arthur Collie 396 Old Bond St London March 10th 1897. With French foundry marks. Made to commemorate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee (60 year). 56 cm.
***
***
***
A rare lustre jug and plate commemorating Melbourne Town Hall, early 20th century, manufactured Czechoslovakia.
***
***
***
A finely engraved glass decanter & two tumblers depicting Kookaburras. Australian late 19th early 20th century. 24 cm high (decanter)
***
***
***
Tramp art chip carved box fitted with sterling silver mounted bottles, late 19th century. 22 cm high, 37 cm wide, 27 cm deep
***
***
***
Boxer Rebellion silk embroidery showing the flags of the Eight Nations Alliance with British crest & motto. 50 x 50 cm
***
***
***
Tramp art picture frame with cabinet portrait photograph, carved red pine & velvet, late 19th century. 34 x 47 cm
***
***
***
Opal specimen wand with silver mounts in original fitted box by Junne & Co opal dealers Sydney. 19th century
***
***
***
Pair of Australian timber picture frames, blackwood, huon pine, silky oak & jarrah, late 19th century. 48 x 58 cm
***
***
***
Australian inlaid timber serving tray, blackwood, cedar, huon pine, silky oak, King Billy pine, red pine & Tasmanian oak, circa 1900. 61 cm x 36 cm
***
***
***
Cigarette Cards: c1900-24 collection in two albums, mainly Australian, noted 1912 Wills 'Birds of Australasia' (108); 1914 Sniders & Abrahams 'Butterflies & Moths' (72); J. J. Schuh 1922 'Official War Pictures' (68) & 1924 'Cinema Stars' (35). Fair/VG.
***
***
***
1899-1923 Australian Cigarette Cards in Album, noted 1900 Atc 'Beauties - Black background' [25]; 1900 Atc 'Songs D' [25]; 1903 Bat 'Beauties - Stippled background' [23/25]; 1903 Bat 'Beauties - Water Girls' [25]; 1903 Bat 'Beauties - Marine Girls' [23/24]; 1905 Sniders & Abrahams 'Actresses - Gold background' [30]; 1908 Sniders & Abrahams 'Admirals & Warships' [20]. Mainly G/VG.
***
***
***
Cigarette & Trade Cards: c1905-2000 collection, good proportion of Australian issued cards, includes jockeys & racehorses (135). Poor/VG. Inspection will reward.
***
***
***
Tramp art picture frame, carved cedar & pine, late 19th century. 68 x 81 cm
***
***
***
Doulton Burslem beaker 'Australian Federation 1901'. 10 cm
***
***
***
Advertising sign 'Lux Won't Shrink Wool' enamel & tin by A. Simpson & Son Ltd. Adelaide'. 92 x 46 cm
***
***
***
Royal Doulton Lambeth jug with applied New Zealand Tiki motives 1905-23, Lion & Crown backstamp, 8 cm tall.
***
***
***
Advertising sign 'Monkey Brand' Brooke's Soap, enamel on tin by A. Simpson & Sons Ltd. Adelaide. Late 19th century. 92 x 61 cm
***
***
***
A turned huon pine vase with painted decoration in the style of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, early 20th century. 23 cm
***
***
***
Two fiddleback blackwood walking sticks, circa 1900. Longest 92 cm.
***
***
***
A needlework sampler by Ivy Badcock, Tasmania 1910, with original frame. 47 cmx 41.5 cm
***
***
***
Cold painted Austrian king fisher bowl & spelter ostrich cart, early 20th century. tallest 12 cm
***
***
***
Kookaburra figure group titled 'A Story of Love', painted plaster early 20th century, 37 cm.
***
***
***
Salemans sample miniature iron shed frame in wooden travel case, early 20th century.
***
***
***
World War I Period 'Buchanan's Whisky, H. M. S. Sydney' English porcelain decanter by Copeland, Patent 8th Sept. 1916. 24 cm.
***
***
***
Tiki table lamp base, New Zealand, carved wood & paua shell, early 20th century. 43 cm
***
***
***
Hobart coat of arms, anodized metal finish, early 20th century. 39 x 41 cm
***
***
***
Maori Taniwha carving, whalebone with paua shell inlay, 19th century. 7.5 cm.
***
***
***
Galista Australian Wine 2/9 per Bott. point of sale advertising sign, painted reverse glass, early 20th century. 39.5 x 44.5 cm
***
***
***
A huon pine panel depicting koala and kookaburra, Australian, 20th century. 38 x 35 cm
***
***
***
Tiki table lamp, New Zealand carved timber, early 20th century. 41 cm
***
***
***
An engraved glass flask, depicting a Kookaburra, Australian 20th century. 18 cm
***
***
***
A commemorative section of cable from the Sydney Harbour bridge. Mounted on brass plinth in the form of a desk weight and inscribed 'Supplied by Thos & Wm Smith Ltd for the new Sydney Harbour Bridge 1925, Weight of Rope 2200 tons', 9.4 cm diameter
***
***
***
Ginger Meggs: Vintage Ginger Meggs rug, 97 x 53 cm.
***
***
***
Royal Doulton Maori Woman & Child Plate, with Maori Art borders, photographic engraving of a woman with a baby on her back, designed 1929, backstamp Lion & Crown.
***
***
***
Amy Johnson (Aviator), 78rpm [Columbia] recording 'The Story of My Flight' recorded in Sydney at the conclusion of her England-Australia flight in 1930. Plus an 8 inch recording 'Tribute to Our Aero Heroine Amy' [Lawrence Wright Music Co. London] for Edison Bell Radio. (2 items)
***
***
***
Pair of mounted water buffalo horns on blackwood shield shaped mount. 104 cm.
***
***
***
A commemorative plate inscribed 'Lieut Grant discovery and naming Portland Bay Dec 5th 1800', manufactured by Adams. 25 cm diameter
***
***
***
Centenary of Melbourne jug by William Adams & Sons Ltd, England 1934, limited edition 35/200. 25 cm high
***
***
***
An embroidered & painted naive picture celebrating the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge circa 1934 framed in Australian hardwood.
***
***
***
A rare pair of Melbourne centenary plates depicting views in 1834 and 1934 by Adams, England. 25 cm diameter
***
***
***
Woods & Sons Burslem 'Governors Plate' together with original booklet, circa 1938. 27 cm
***
***
***
Resch's Pilsener point of sale advertising 'At the 19th', paint on glass. 91 x 101 cm
***
***
***
Plaster relief plaque 'Father James Cheong 1940'. 30 cm diameter
***
***
***
Boab nut with poker work decoration 'P. S. Melbourne', 20th century. 12.5 cm.
***
***
***
c1950-2000 range with cigarette & trade cards (c500), noted 1950s Coles 'Cricketers' (26); football & cricket programmes; cricket badges; ephemera; tins.
***
***
***
Australian coat of arms with Queen Elizabeth II cipher, circa 1953. 58 x 65 cm
***
***
***
Australiana bronze chess set circa 1960s with Bushrangers verses Aboriginals. With accompanying inlayed timber folding games table. Tallest 29.5 cm.
***
***
***
Melbourne Man. Group of 3 miniature bronze sculptures by Alison Weaver & Paul Quinn. 'Three Businessmen Who Brought Their Own Lunch: Batman, Swanston & Hoddle' circa 1993. The life size iconic group of statues can be found on the corner of Bourke St & Swanston St in Melbourne's Cbd. Tallest 21 cm
***
***
***
Prize winning saddle embossed 'All Round Champion World Cup Rodeo Australia'.
***
***
***
Opal fossilized mollusc shell. 1.5 cm wide
***
***
***
Opal, impressive specimen in matrix most likely from the Lightning Ridge opal fields in north western New South Wales. 18 cm
***
***
***
Opalised shell plate, Early Cretaceous- Aptian 115 myo, from Coober Pedy, SA. Various mussels 'Eyrena tatel'; various cockles 'Cyrenopsis meeki'; some partial ephuroid sea stars 'Ophioglyphoida'.
***
***
***
Jimbacrinus Bostocki Fossil, Crinoid, Permian, 270myo, from Gascoyne, Western Australia.
***
***
***
A natural amber specimen, size 20 x 13 cm.
***
***