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Australian History — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:596
Sale Title:Australian HistoryLots with images:583
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:386
Date:30-May-2017
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Maud O'Reilly Pottery kookaburra statue, incised and hand signed 'Maud O'Reilly Kookaburra 1926' 721430, 29 cm high
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Alison Davidson Mauve glazed pottery vase, incised Alison Davidson Melbourne, 11.5 cm high, 16m wide
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William Ricketts Rare pottery sculpture of a Cunningham Skink, accompanied by letter of provenance from Marvin Hurnall, dated 30th September 2006, 8 cm high, 20 cm long
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William Ricketts Pottery coolamon with applied Possum and Aboriginal head, incised 'The spirit can emerge free even from the limb of a darling old gum tree, signed Wm. Ricketts, 9 cm high, 27.5 cm long
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William Ricketts Pottery coolamon dish with Aboriginal elder branch handle and kangaroos, incised 'William Ricketts potters sanctuary Mt. Dandenong, January 4th 1939', 13 cm high, 49 cm long
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William Ricketts Pottery sculpture of a seated tribal elder, incised Wm Ricketts, 17 cm high, 14 cm wide
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William Ricketts Pottery vase with windswept branch handles, tribal elder and kangaroos, incised Wm Ricketts, Mt. Dandenong, 16 cm high, 18 cm across the handles
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William Ricketts Pottery plaque showing a young William Ricketts with tribal elder and Churinga inscribed 'All life is one', incised Wm Ricketts, 41 cm high, 24 cm wide
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William Ricketts Pottery fountain piece sculpture depicting Ricketts embracing Aboriginal children, 85 cm high, 50 cm across
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William Ricketts Pottery sculpture of Evening Star with four young Aboriginal faces on reverse, incised Wm Ricketts, 30 cm high, 23 cm across
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William Ricketts Pottery sculpture of three Aboriginal heads, inscribed 'To Clive, from William with love from the life of this sanctuary, 23 cm high, 20 cm across
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William Ricketts Pottery sculpture of an Aboriginal face in high relief, incised Wm Ricketts, 23 cm high, 22 cm across
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William Ricketts Pottery pot boiler with tribal elder face, incised W.R, 9 cm high, 11 cm across
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William Ricketts Double sided pottery sculpture showing a tribal elder's face and a young face on reverse, inscribed 'To Betty from William, Holy Mountain, 18 cm high, 20 cm across
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William Ricketts Pottery sculpture of an Aboriginal face with concealed face on the underside, inscribed 'To friends everlasting, Wm Ricketts, 12 cm high
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William Ricketts Pottery wall plaque of bearded elder with red ochre highlights, inscribed 'Atimantura Aranda Tribe, incised Wm. Ricketts, 24 cm high, 16 cm wide
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William Ricketts Pottery wall plaque of a bearded elder, incised Wm Ricketts, 26 cm high, 14 cm wide
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William Ricketts Pottery plaque of a tribal elder, incised Wm Ricketts, 14 cm high, 9 cm wide
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William Ricketts Pottery circular plaque of a young girls face, incised Wm Ricketts, 23 cm diameter
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William Ricketts Pottery plaque of an Aboriginal face, incised Wm Ricketts, '14 cm high, 11 cm wide
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William Ricketts Pottery plate, incised 'Wm Ricketts potters sanctuary Mount Dandenong, 36 cm long
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William Ricketts Pottery portrait of an indigenous elder, incised W. Ricketts, 12 cm high
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Peter and Valerie Herbst Murrumbeena Pottery Melbourne, Extremely rare pottery vase, hand painted with ducks in landscape, hand signed 'Val.Peter Herbst, Potter and philosopher Peter Herbst was notable as a co-founder of the Arthur Merric Boyd (Amb) Pottery in Murrumbeena along with painters Arthur Boyd and John Perceval. Herbst was a ' Dunera ' boy, having arrived in Australia on the famed Hmt Dunera and wrongly interned at Hay prison camp from 1940-41, alongside the likes of George Nadel, Kurt Baier,…
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Arthur Merric Boyd Murrumbeena pottery vase, incised A.M. Boyd, 15 cm high
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Arthur Merric Boyd Pottery plate decorated by J. Howley circa 1960, signed J. Howley to the front and Arthur Merric Boyd to the base, 22 cm high
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Neil Douglas Lyre bird pottery bowl circa 1950, inscribed Arthur Merric Boyd, 23 cm diameter
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Neil Douglas, (1911-2003) (Decorator), Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd, (1920-1999) (Potter), A wheel thrown earthenware glazed jug with underglazed decoration of ring-tailed possums among waratahs, signed Neil Douglas, Am Boyd Australia 1950, 6.5 cm high
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Neil Douglas, (1911-2003) (Decorator), Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd, (1920-1999) (Potter), A wheel thrown earthenware glazed bowl with underglazed decoration of a kangaroo among gumtrees, waratahs and a gecko, signed Neil Douglas, Am Boyd Australia, 9 cm diameter
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Neil Douglas, (1911-2003) (Decorator), John Perceval, (1923-2000)(Decorator), Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd, (1920-1999) (Potter), A double gourd earthenware glazed jug with underglazed decoration of lyrebirds and ferns, inscribed 'The Arthur M Boyd, Perceval + Douglas & Ml, 17 cm high
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Harold Hughan Pottery fruit bowl, signed Hughan, 34 cm diameter. Provenance: The Constance Stokes Collection, by direct family descent
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Harold Hughan Celadon glazed pottery fruit bowl, signed Hughan and incised monogram, pencil inscription 'Mrs Stokes 3gns. 36.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Constance Stokes Collection, by direct family descent.
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Harold Hughan Fruit bowl with internal decoration, signed Hughan with monogram, pencil inscription 'Mrs Stokes, 25 cm diameter. Provenance: The Constance Stokes Collection, by direct family descent
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Harold Hughan Pottery lidded tureen, signed Hughan, pencil inscription 'Mrs Stokes, 15 cm high, 26 cm across the handles. Provenance: The Constance Stokes Collection, by direct family descent
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Harold Hughan Large pottery cannister, signed Hughan with monogram, pencil inscription 'Mrs Stokes 25/- paper label under lid 'National Gallery of Victoria Hughan Retrospective Exhibition 1969' no. 611, 25 cm high, 21 cm diameter. Provenance: The Constance Stokes Collection, by direct family descent
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Harold Hughan Group of three pottery bowls, signed Hughan, two with monograms, largest 15 cm diameter. Provenance: The Constance Stokes Collection, by direct family descent
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Harold Hughan Pottery lidded jar, signed Hughan, 24 cm high. Provenance: The Constance Stokes Collection, by direct family descent
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Harold Hughan Graduated group of three lidded pots, signed Hughan, largest with pencil inscription 'Mrs Stokes 25/- largest 16 cm diameter. Provenance: The Constance Stokes Collection, by direct family descent
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Harold Hughan Pair of celadon glazed teacups and saucers, signed Hughan, paper label 'National Gallery of Victoria Hughan Retrospective Exhibition 1969' no. 183 and 144. Provenance: The Constance Stokes Collection, by direct family descent
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Harold Hughan Pottery teapot, pair of condiments, pair of salts and condiment dish, signed Hughan and monogrammed, teapot 13 cm. Provenance: The Constance Stokes Collection, by direct family descent
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Harold Hughan Pottery dish and bowl, signed Hughan and monogrammed, largest 34 cm across the handles. Provenance: The Constance Stokes Collection, by direct family descent
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Harold Hughan Pottery bowl, applied monogram mark, 13 cm high, 22 cm diameter
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Martin Boyd Two pottery chargers with Aboriginal motifs, incised Martin Boyd Australia, 36 cm diameter and 38.5 cm diameter
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Martin Boyd Four pottery plates with Aboriginal portraits and designs, incised Martin Boyd Australia (1951), largest 30 cm diameter
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Martin Boyd Four pottery plates with Aboriginal portraits, incised Martin Boyd Australia, 26 cm diameter
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Martin Boyd Four pottery plates with Aboriginal portraits, incised Martin Boyd Australia, 18.5 cm diameter
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Martin Boyd Four pottery plates with fruit, floral and marine designs, incised Martin Boyd Australia, 18.5 cm diameter
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Martin Boyd Three pottery plates with Aboriginal designs and Creole woman portrait, incised Martin Boyd Australia, 18.5 cm diameter
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Martin Boyd Pottery fruit bowl with Aboriginal warriors, incised Martin Boyd Australia, 24.5 cm diameter
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Martin Boyd Four dishes with Aboriginal themes, incised Martin Boyd Australia, 13.5 cm diameter
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Martin Boyd Seven assorted pottery dishes, incised Martin Boyd Australia, 8 cm to 13 cm diameter
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Martin Boyd Five dishes with Aboriginal motifs, incised Martin Boyd Australia, 11 cm diameter
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Martin Boyd Group of six pottery dishes, incised Martin Boyd Australia, 10 cm diameter
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Martin Boyd Teapot and group of four assorted pottery mugs, incised Martin Boyd Australia, teapot 15 cm high
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Martin Boyd Four assorted pottery vases, incised Martin Boyd Australia, tallest 19 cm
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Martin Boyd Two pottery plates with Sturt Desert Pea, incised Martin Boyd Australia, 26 cm diameter
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Martin Boyd Five assorted bowls and ashtrays with Aboriginal motifs, incised Martin Boyd Australia, largest 23 cm diameter
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Martin Boyd Group of assorted pottery items comprising four bowls, teacup and saucer, three sugar bowls (two with lids), salt cellar and bird plaque, incised Martin Boyd Australia, largest bowl 16.5 cm across the handles
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Martin Boyd Pottery plate with fishing scene, incised Martin Boyd 1950, 24.5 cm diameter
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Martin Boyd Group of four assorted jugs with Aboriginal motifs, incised Martin Boyd, tallest 19.5 cm
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Martin Boyd Earthenware sugar bowl and cover with underglazed decoration of mice and wheat sheaves, inscribed Martin Boyd, 11 cm diameter
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Henry Hatton Beck Hand painted bird vase on blue ground, hand signed H.H. Beck with Fowler's Pottery backstamp, '15.5 cm high
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An Australian glazed pottery lamp base, circa 1920, 23 cm high
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Australian pottery fish vase, early 20th century, 22 cm high
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Kim Devenish Ceramic kangaroo, 20th century, 34 cm high, 48 cm long
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Bendigo pottery vase, gumleaf vase, kookaburra ashtray, pair of kangaroo ashtrays, pair of SylvaC Ware koala statues, tallest 15 cm
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Gustav Pillig Pottery bust of William Shakespeare, signed G. Pillig, 16 cm high
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Australian pottery trough with applied kookaburra, gumnuts and leaves, 26 cm long
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Dyson Pottery jug together with a McHugh Tasmanian pottery vase, tallest 17 cm high
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A pair of French Art Deco Kangaroo figures by Frie Onnaing, incised 'Frie Onnaing, 30, Made in France, male 24 cm high
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Royal Doulton Budgerigar (HN163), together with a Cockatoo (HN185), Budgerigar 17 cm high, Cockatoo 15 cm high
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Three studio pottery vases and a Phyl Dunn pottery bowl, tallest 27 cm
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Two unusual studio pottery vases, circa 1960s, signature illegible, largest 45 cm
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Ola Cohn Pottery wall plaque of a fawn, 19 cm x 12 cm
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Malcolm Fraser (Australian Prime Minister) pen signature on photograph circa 1982, together with signed letter January 28th 1969 on Government letterhead whilst Fraser was Minister of Education and Science
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Sir Edmund Barton (1849-1920, 1st Prime Minister of Australia), lovely signature on piece of 'Commonwealth of Australia, Prime Minister' letterhead.
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Andrew Fisher (1862-1928, Australia's 5th Prime Minister, 3 times from 1908 to 1915), signature on piece affixed to 1972 Australian Prime Ministers Fdc.
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Sir Joseph Cook (1860-1947, 6th Prime Minister of Australia), nice signature on piece cut from a legal document.
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Australian Prime Ministers: Sir John McEwen (18th Prime Minister) signed photograph, plus Bob Hawke (23rd Prime Minister) signed Fdc.
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Tasmanian scrap album, fascinating album with fine collection of Van Diemen's Land dignitaries signatures on pieces laid down in album including Lieutenant-Governors Sir George Arthur, Sir John Franklin & Sir John Eardley-Wilmott, Francis Hanwell Henslow Private Secretary to John Franklin and Police Magistrate of Campbell Town (circa 1844), Sir John Lewes Pedder Chief Justice V.D.Land (1825), Dudley Fereday Sheriff of V.D Land (1828), James Harrison Registrar of Convict Department (1841), inspection a must
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Nellie Melba: A nice group comprising a presentation copy of her book, 'Melodies and Memories' [Thornton Butterworth, London, 1925] with mss dedication to front flyleaf 'To Cecil Manners from Nellie Melba, May 9th, 1926' and with 3 tipped-in photographs, also, a single page Als to 'Dear Lord Cecil' signed 'Melba' and a rather distressed copy of the programme for Melba's New Zealand Concert Tour of 1903. (3 items). Some faults and tone spotting.
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Two postcards, one Scarce Daisy. M. Bates postcard 'Native Camp at Beagle Bay', together with a 1915/16 Rose Series postcard
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1924 Richard Buckley Warrent Issues sent to USA by Victoria Police
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Postcards group of 52 real photo cards predominantly Rose's series of Australian scenes
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Stereoviews a group of 24 published by the Australasian Stereoscopic Co including convoy of Australians, Kit Inspections of Australians and Balloon Corp
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A Victorian scrap album, 1859-1907, with illustrations, poems and songs
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Birds of the Australian Swamps' by Frank T. Morris, vol 2, limited edition of 500 copies, quarter brown calf folio with gilt pictorial cover and lettering on spine, very good firm copy
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Australian Parrots, Volume II Pisittacinae' by Joseph M. Forshaw and illustrated by William T. Cooper [Lansdowne Editions, second revised edition, 1980], limited edition of 1000 copies signed by the author and illustrator, full green morocco with pictorial cover and silver gilt spine, good firm copy throughout. Minor staining to the inside boards.
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Postcards collection of predominantly Australian real photo vintage postcards including group of four photo series giant postcards and 19th century photographs (80+ items)
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A Ned Kelly vintage postcard mounted in perspex block, early 20th century
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A collection of Australian lithographed vintage fruit box labels, in mint condition
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A 19th century scrap album bearing numerous original drawings and watercolours as well as poems and stories, inspection will reward
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Two real estate advertising posters, Safety Beach Estate Dromana and Victoria Estate Perth (poor condition)
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[after Joseph Lycett] 'Views In Australia, Or New South Wales And Van Diemens Land', published 1st June 1824 by J.Souter, little known variant of the frontispiece 'Australian View's' missing the Earl Bathurst dedication, 21 x 31 cm
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New Station Buildings at Windsor, original architectural drawings of Victorian Railways, 1885, contract no.2336, no.3, 74 x 127 cm, frame 112 x 164 cm
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South Yarra and Oakleigh Line, Column with Basin for Platform Verandah, original architectural drawings of Victorian Railways, 1879, 74 x 125 cm, frame 112 x 164 cm
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New Station Buildings at Windsor, original architectural drawing of Victorian Railways, 1885, contract no. 2336, no.1, 76 x 125 cm, frame 112 x 164 cm
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A collection of 8 'Australia Illustrated' books published by Edwin Carton Booth
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Australia & New Zealand in English Newspapers: 1779 - 1857, Jackson's Oxford Journal of April 3, 1779 carries a note about Captain Cook of the Adventure then supposed to be in Japan, the Liverpool Courier of Aug.3, 1831 carries a long article headed 'Cannibalism in New Zealand' and another about the opening of 'The New London Bridge', the Daily News of Aug.15, 1846 provides coverage of the present agricultural, financial and industrial state of the colony, another, about the better governorship of New…
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Bare Knuckle Boxing in London Newspapers 1788 - 1789 Featuring Daniel Mendoza, England's Heavyweight Champion From 1792 to 1795, A remarkable archive of ten original, complete newspapers (The London Chronicle x9 & The Times x1) which report on all manner of sporting, regal, political, philiosophical, artistic and commercial news while, at exactly the same time, the First Fleet was landing at Botany Bay and the first faltering steps in establishing the Colony of New South Wales were taking place on the…
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First Fleet & Botany Bay: the London Chronicle, The first printed accounts of the Expedition to and the Settlement at Sydney Cove, appeared in issues of the London Chronicle newspaper issued in early 1789. This lot, and the following four lots, comprise the earliest printed reports emanating from the new settlement at Sydney Cove. This, and all the following items comprise complete editions of The London Chronicle, February 21-24, 1789: Notice of the arrival of 'the Botany Bay squadron....' A small entry,…
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