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The Collection of Michael Ball AO — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:399
Sale Title:The Collection of Michael Ball AOLots with images:399
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:363
Date:5-Feb-2017
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Continental School, 19th century, Still Life Basket of Flowers, oil on canvas, 80 cm x 106 cm
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Hugh Barden, Interior, Table and Chair, oil on canvas, 100 cm high, 76 cm wide
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Hugh Barnden, Table and Chair on Patio, oil on canvas, 100 cm high, 76 cm wide
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J. Mclure-Hamilton, Portrait of a Bearded Gentleman, charcoal and wash, signed and dedicated in pencil: lower left, 30 cm x 21 cm
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Indonesian School (20th Century), Village Scene with Figures (pair), oil on canvas, 85 cm high, 63 cm wide
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Hugh Barnden, Lake-side Landscape with Pathway, oil on canvas, 180 cm high, 122 cm wide
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Ionhannah Van Keulen, Engeland, hand coloured map, circa. 1681, 50 cm high, 55 cm wide
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A.J. Isaac, Racing the Start' 1860, coloured lithograph, 34 cm high, 57 cm wide
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L. Cary, Map of Somersetshire, hand coloured engraving, circa.1787, 39 cm high, 51 cm wide
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Robert Morden, Somersetshire, hand coloured map, circa. 1695, 35 cm high, 41 cm wide
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Jjoannes Van Keulen, Yrland, Schotland, hand coloured map, circa. 1681, 50 cm high, 58 cm wide
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Pears print titled, A Healthy Appetite
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Christoper Saxton, Hand coloured engraved map by William Kip, circa. 1575, 38 x 27.5 cm
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Pair of black and white stipple engravings of Canova sculptures, 45 cm high, 32 cm wide
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After E.B. De La Touanne, Vue Prise Dans Les Jardins du Governement a Sidney, circa 1820, lithograph, 19 cm x 26 cm
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An Australasian and Oceanic print, circa 1890, from the originals by the Bibliographisches Instate, Leipzig, 20 cm high, 22 cm wide
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A set of four early botanical engravings, circa 1760, printed for J. Hinton in Newgate street, 19 cm high, 11.5 cm wide
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Ludwig Schmdit, set of four hand-coloured copper engravings of butterflies, circa 1790, 18 cm high, 21 cm wide, each
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Francesco Bartolozzi, A set of four classical copper engravings, c irca 1760, 29 cm x 20 cm, each
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Bernard, A pair of copper engravings of native Van Dieman's land peoples circa 1784, book plates, 23 cm x 18 cm, each
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Set of six German hand-coloured botanical copper engravings of palms, circa 1760, 35 cm x 23 cm, each
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A framed engraving of a map of Australasia, 1813 by Cadwell and Davies, 52 cm high, 70 cm wide
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J. H. Knoop, Apples and Pears, set of six coloured engravings by J.Folkema and J. C. Phillips, Feulpsit, circa. 1810, 29 cm x 25 cm
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Three Chinese political posters, 74 cm high, 50 cm wide, each
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Two Chinese political posters, 50 cm high, 75 cm wide, each
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Two Chinese political posters, 49 cm high, 73 cm wide, each
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Enamel tin with image of Mao, 34 cm diameter
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Cased set of taxidermied exotic birds, English, including a Toucan and a Quetzel (now extinct), 19th century, 82 cm high, 53 cm wide, 21 cm deep. Provenance: J B Hawkins Antiques
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A cased set of taxidermied birds
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A cased taxidermied platypus, signed: Pratt and sons 11 north street quadrant, English, early 20th century, 76 cm high, 56.5 cm wide
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A taxidermied alligator, 90 cm length
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A vintage turtle-shell, 52 cm long, 43 cm wide
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A small vintage tortoise shell, 40 cm long, 34 cm wide
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Pair of cased Taxidermied birds, English, 19th century, 78 cm high, 35 cm wide, 20 cm deep
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A vintage taxidermied sea-turtle, bearing collectors number ex49, 59 cm long, 32 cm wide
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Taxidermied bird under glass dome, English, 19th century, 37 cm high
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Field-Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar: 'Forty-one Years in India', London 1897, 2 vols, half morocco, waterstained plates.
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The Life and Explorations of David Lingstone, no date, First Edition, gilt cloht, all edges gilt, school prize label and ditingushing inscription on flyleaf.
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Thomas Rymer Jones: 'Cassell's Book of Birds, 4 in 2 vols, hand coloured plates, all edges filt, some spotting.
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William Dampier: 'A New Voyage Around The World', 2nd Edition, 8vo, original calf, folding maps, London 1697
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Alison (Sir Archibald), 'The Life of John, Duke of Marlborough', Edinburgh 1855, 2 vols, Third Edition, half calf gilt
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Carlyle (Thomas): 'The French Revolution', London 1888, full calf gilt
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Ray Parkin: 'H.M Bark Endeavour', Miegunyah Press Melbourne, Two Vol, 1997
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Marco Polo: 'The Book of Ser Marco Polo The Venetian', London 1921, 3 volumes
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Rnr Brown: 'The Voyage of the Scotia', Edinburgh 1906, First Edition, original cloth, complete with frontispiece and plates, fine condition.
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An assorted collection of books
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P. Hatley Waddell: 'The life and works of Robert Burns', Printed and published by David Wilson 14 Maxwell Street Glasclone, 1867
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Matthew (arnold Harris): 'British Birds With Their Nets and Eggs', 1904 III. By R.W Frohawk, 6 vols, second Edition,6 tinted lithograph plates, cloth gilt, 1904.
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The history of the Indian Mutiny, circa 1860, 2 vol, rebound in half moroocco gilt with replacement endpapers, steel engravings.
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Barneby (W. Henry): The New Far West and the Old Far East, London 1889, First Edition, author's presentation copy, full morocco gilt binding bildnstamed and rickshaw scenes by Zaehnsdorf, all edges gilt.
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Hugh Low: 'Sarawak, Its Inhabitants and productions', being notes during the residence in that country with Hh. The Rajah Brooke, First Edition, London 1848,8 vo, original cloth, 5 plaes including double page plate, 8 text ills
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Book of New Zealand Ferns, Eric Craige (1829-1923, compilor and retailer)An album of mounted specimens, with ink-stamped title 'New Zealand ferns mounted by Eric Craig, Princess Street, Auckland.circa 1880
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John Lizar, Book plate illustration of dissection of right testis, 42 cm x 28 cm. Provenance: Gift of Barry Humphries
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Boccaccio (Giovanni): 'The Decameron', London 1906, 2 vols, illustrated by Louis Chalon, full morocco gilt, silk endpapers, with the bookplate of Cary Grant
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Gibbon (Edward): 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire', 8 vols, full calf gilt, London 1838
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The Rev F. O Morris, B.A, A History of British Birds, 6 vols, Marble bound
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Swaysland (W), 'Familiar Wild Birds', Cassells London 1883, 4 vols, rebound in quarter calf.
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Captin A.T Mahran, D.C.L, L.L.D, The Life of Nelson the embodiment of the sea power of Great Britian, 2 vols.
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A two-sided vellum leaf drawn manuscript, the text written in ecclesiastical Latin, 15th century, 7 cm high, 11 cm diameter
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Masson (Frederic): 'Napoleon at Home', London (& Philadelphia) 1894, 2 vols, cloth gilt.
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Mitchell (Lieut. Col J): 'The Fall of Napoleon', London 1846, 3 vols, second Edition, blue calf gilt
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Gleig (G.R.): 'The Life of Arthur, Duke of Wellington', London 1886, Harrow school price, calf gilt
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Pepys (Samuel): 'The Diary and Correspondence', Philadelphia 1855, 4 vols, First American Edition, half morocco
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Shackelton: 'The heart of the Antarctic', London 1909, 2 vols, cloths, frontispiece, map complete
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Banks (Sir Joseph): 'The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks, 1768-1771', Sydney 1962, 2 vols, Ed. by J.C. Beaglehole, dust wrappers
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Cassells: 'History of the War Between France and Germany 1870-71', 2 vols, half morocco.
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L(Eveson) (H.A.): 'The Hunting Grounds of the Old World, by 'The Old Shekarry', First Series, second Edition, 6 tinted lithographed plates (slightly foxed), polished calf gilt, 1860.
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Henry Stanley: 'In Darkest Africa', Colonial Editon, London 1890, orignal illustrated cloth folding map, text ills
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Wilson Hardy: 'Old Colonial Architecture in New South Wales and Tasmania'.
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A Nordic Neolithic (Danish) thin-butted axe of trapezoid outline, of unpolished dark brown flint with traces of cortex on both faces, bearing paper label of McAlpine Collection, 4000 - 2000 BC, 23.4 cm Length. Provenance: The Collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green (M1775). Purchased by Lord McAlpine in Copenhagen., Literature: 'Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of The Lord McAlpine of West Green', Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1987 (No. 4.8 p.57)
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Fossilised mammoth molar, 18 cm high, 14 cm wide
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A Danish Neolithic flint axe in a mid grey flint. Circa 2000 BC, 21 cm long. Provenance: The Collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green, Charles Ede Ltd. London, ref. 9310
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Fossilised mammoth molar, 12 cm high, 15 cm wide
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Large slate ground-wedge, from northern Queensland, 22 cm x 24 cm
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Mollusca cephalopoda baculites of the Cretaceous period. 135-65 million years ago, 23 cm long, Provencance: Erasmus & Co. London
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Ancient stone axe head, 13 cm long
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Dinosaur's egg of the Cretaceous period, possibly from Aix-en-Provenence, France, 135-65 Million years ago, 17.5 cm long, 20 cm wide, 14 cm high
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Fossilised mammoth's tooth
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A Neolithic flint thin butted axe, 11 cm long
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Danish dark grey flint axe, unpolished. Circa 3500 BC, 12 cm long. Provenance: Collection of thr Lord McAlpine of West Green, Charles Ede Ltd. London, ref. 9870
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Pollished ammonite of the Cretacious period, 135-65 million years ago, 25 cm diameter. Provenance: Erasmus & Co. London
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A collection of 5 Neolithic flint cutting implements, various sizes
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Inlaid specimen marble rectangular table with bronze base, the top Indian, 20th century, 180 cm wide, 76 cm deep, 82 cm high
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A collection of twelve ancient various stone implements mostly Neolithic
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Eleven pieces of pre-historic stone pieces and implements
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Fine African Fon ceremonial axe with wrought iron blade and copper over wood handle, circa early 20th century., 30 cm length
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A fossilised mammoth's tooth
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Stone adze head collected Layton, Essex
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Roman white marble sarcophagus tablet. 1st century A.D., 35 cm high, 149 cm wide. Provenance: Sotheby's London Antiquities sale. 23 May 1988 Lot 377
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A 'Sealilly' or crinoid phylum echinodermata of the Silurian period, possibly from Dudley, England. 430-400 million years ago, 14 cm long. Provenance: Erasmus & Co. London
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Three fossilised shells and two ancient stones, various sizes
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Ancient eye tooth, 20.5 cm long
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A Melanesian (Cook Islands) greenstone ceremonial axe blade of trapeziod outline, bearing paper label of McAlpine Collection, pre 1880, 27 cm long, 8 cm wide. Provenance: The Collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green (M2756), Erasmus & Co
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Bronze axe head with back-head projection, Luirstan, 11th - 9th century BC, 19 cm wide. Provenance: Charles Ede Ltd. London
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A Canaanite duck-billed bronze axe head. Middle Bronze Age, Circa 1800 BC, 4 cm high, 11 cm wide. Provenance: Charles Ede Ltd. London
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Aspidorhynchus in limestone concretion of the Cretaceous period, from Ceara, Brazil, 135-65 Million years ago, 52 cm long
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Fine Neolithic axe head of brown flint with fine falking, circa 2000 BC, probably from Norway from the cross section (qv British Museum Catalouge of Stone Age Antiquities 1926 p.157), 15 cm long. Provenance: Charled Ede Ltd. London. Ref. 39A
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Pair of polished marble balls on stand, various sizes: approx. 10 cm high, 8.5 cm diameter - 14 cm high, 10 cm diameter
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Trilobite phacops of the Devonian period, possibly from Morocco, 400-350 million years ago, 12.5 cm long. Provenance: Erasmus & Co. London
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Ancient bronze hand axe, Approx. 41 cm long, 22 cm deep
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