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Australian History — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

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Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:783
Sale Title:Australian HistoryLots with images:781
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:441
Date:11-Dec-2017
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Donald Friend (1914-1989), Bumbooziana: 'Sundry Notes & Papers, being the recently discovered notes and documents of the Natural & Instinctive Bestiality Research Expedition. collected and collated under the title Bumbooziana wherein is set down the illfated Expedition's numerous adventures and the results of their investigations into the private habits of elephants, camels, zebras, leopards, etc. and the equally strange customs of men, accurately and profusely illustrated, described and anatomised by an…
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Lindsay, Norman, Micomicana, Chronicled by Jumbilicus Crabstick, Chief Literary Exposer to The Duke of Fanfrolico now done into English by Norman Lindsay, (Melbourne University Press, 1979) L/E 415/527, signed by Jane Lindsayl in full calf binding in solander box of issue.
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Counihan, Noel & Lindsay, Jack, War Or Peace. Twelve linocuts by Noel Counihan. Poems by Jack Lindsay, ( Melbourne, Gryphon Books, 1979) 1st edition L/E 35/250, Quarto, frontispiece, illustrations, with 12 linocuts in separate folder, original quarter morocco and papered boards in slipcase. Signed by both Counihan and Lindsay.
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Donald Friend (1914-1989), the Farce of Sodom, The farce of Sodom. By the Right Honourable Earl of Rochester. Written for the Royal Company of Whoremasters, and printed a-new upon the three hundredth anniversary of the untimely demise of our noble author in the thirty-third year of his life. With sets and costumes suitable for theatrical performances designed by Donald Friend.' (Melbourne, Gryphon Books, 1980). No.8 of 10, Large folio, full crushed red morocco by Zaehnsdorf with ornately tooled contrasting…
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Sibley, Irena, Rainbow - 20 original hand coloured lino-cuts, each signed and numbered by the artist. (Limited edition No.35 of 60 for sale.), Hand bound with matching slipcase. Limited edition, numbered 66 of 67 copies printed, signed and numbered by the artist. Accompanied by an original pencil illustration, being an unused design for the book, one additional signed lino-cut plus 6 others, uncoloured lino-cutsredrawn for the book. (Richard Griffin, Gryphon Books, 1980)
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Eagle, Mary and Minchin, Jan, The George Bell School: students, friends and influences. (Melbourne, 1981), Folio, numerous illustrations (some coloured), original cream leather, pictorial dustjacket, cloth slipcase. Special issue limited to 100 numbered copies (#35) signed by 12 notable artists from the George Bell School including Eric Thake, Sali Herman, Fred Williams, Leonard French and Constance Stokes.
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Tom Wills (1835-1880), cricketer and pioneer of Australian Rules Football, A previously unrecorded photograph by Patrick Dawson, a photographer at Hamilton in Victoria's Western District. Albumen print photograph carte-de-visite, 103 x 63 mm, with photographer's blind stamp at lower left. Wills is standing in the back row, fourth from the right, wearing a striped shirt, most of the other men are in the cricket whites, William Hayman, in jacket seated in the centre of the front row, holds a cricket bat.…
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Croquet in New Zealand: A carte de visite format albumen paper photograph depicting agroup of gentlemen and ladies playing croquet, verso with the imprint of Thos. E. Price, Taupo Quay, Wanganui. Thomas Price (1838-1928) operated primarily from studios in Westport, Timaru & Masterton. He is only known to have been at Wanganui for the month of November 1870.
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Victor Trumper, 'Jumping out for a straight drive', superb half-tone offset lithographic print of Trumper in full flight, by the photographer, George W. Beldam, with the signature of Trumper in the lower margin at right. Published by The Swan Electric Engraving Company, London, 1st August 1905, image 38 x 30 cm, overall 55 x 52 cm. Window mounted, rare and most attractive. This iconic image is arguably the most famous photograph in the history of cricket. Victor Thomas Trumper (1877 - 1915) was known as…
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Family Photo Albums Of Stan McCabe, Australian Test Cricketer, 1910s-1930s. Three photograph albums containing approx. 300 vintage silver gelatin photographs, two albums are annotated with captions and some dated in ink on album page below images, sizes range from 4.9 x 3 cm to 24.4 x 19.2 cm. with most images laid down on album pages. The albums contain many family photographs, including beach holidays, outings to Taronga Zoo, Circular Quay and Centennial Park, family pets, groups of women including Edna…
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Bill Woodfull's 1930 Ashes Tour Photograph Album, A large photograph album (34 x 52.5 cm), very well annotated in Woodfull's hand, with 200+ photographs including the highlight, a photograph of Don Bradman walking out to bat at Leeds (for his record 334), signed and endorsed 'To Billy Woodfull, in appreciation of a fine Captain and a wonderful fellow. Sincerely Yours, Don Bradman, Leeds 1930'. The collection includes many action photographs, incredible crowd scenes, meeting King George V and of course, Don…
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1930 Australian Cricket Tour of England, 9ct gold & sterling silver cigarette case by Mappin & Webb, London (hallmarked Birmingham, 1929) engraved 'W.M.W.' on the lid and on the inside 'To W.M. Woodfull, Captain of the Australian Cricket XI, from the boys of Downside School in Remembrance of the visit of your team to Downside, June 10th-13th 1930.' Accompanied by the original Mappin & Webb suede wallet. (2 items). Provenance: From the Bill Woodfull Collection, Leski Auctions 2013, Lot 341. In June 1930,…
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Australia Regains the Ashes 1930, A delightful display incorporating a fully signed autograph page with the signatures of all fifteen (15) players in the team which toured England as well as the team manager and treasurer, a total of 17 signatures. The page has been framed within borders decorated with gold and green garlands and titled at top and bottom. The names literally jump off the page: Woodfull, Ponsford, Kippax, Jackson, Grimmett and of course, Don Bradman, at 22 years of age on his first tour of…
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1934 Australian Team, large official team photograph, by Sasha, with title 'The 18th Australian Cricket Team, 1934' printed on mount, signed to the mount by the entire team, with 19 signatures - Bill Ferguson (scorer), Clarrie Grimmett, Bill Brown, Hans Ebeling, Harold Bushby (manager), Bill O'Reilly, Tim Wall, Chuck Fleetwood-Smith, W.C.Bull (treasurer), Ern Bromley, Arthur Chipperfield, Don Bradman, Bill Woodfull (captain), Alan Kippax, Len Darling, Bill Ponsford, Ben Barnett, Stan McCabe & Bert Oldfield…
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The 1934 Australian Cricket Team in England, An official team photograph, window mounted, with 15 original pen signatures in the window below: Bill Woodfull (captain), Alan Kippax, Don Bradman, Fleetwood-Smith, Hans Ebeling, Arthur Chipperfield, Bill O'Reilly, Tim Wall, Bill Brown, Len Darling, Stan McCabe, Bert Oldfield, Ben Barnett & officials. Overall 41 x 35 cm. Australia won the 1934 Ashes series against England, winning two of the matches and losing one, with the other two tests drawn. The Australian…
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The 1948 Australian Cricket Team - 'the Invincibles' - Return From England: Official photograph of R.M.S.Orontes, on which the team travelling back to Australia after their hugely successful tour of England. Signed, primarily on the mount by the entire touring party as well as Bill O'Reilly, Jack Fingleton & Arthur Mailey, who were also on board. The Australians in England in 1948 were captained by Don Bradman, who was making his fourth and final tour of England. The team is famous for being the first Test…
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(Horse Racing) the Perth Cup - 1st January 1968, Awarded by the Western Australian Turf Club to Lintonmarc (Rawson - Fair Remarc), Owners A.J.Scahill and W.G.Bennett, Trainer E.D. Parnham, Jockey: B. Ryan. 9ct gold on turned wooden plinth (overall 32 cm tall) made by Caris Bros. and in original satin-lined presentation case. Provenance: The Scahill family, by descent.
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The 'North Melbourne 'Kangaroos' Premiership Poster by Weg, The 1975 original Weg poster for the winning team. 66 x 49.5 cm. William Ellis Green Oam (1923 - 2008), who signed his cartoons Weg, was a newspaper editorial cartoonist and illustrator who drew the Australian Football League premiers posters from 1954 until his death. The 1975 VFL Grand Final was contested between Hawthorn and North Melbourne. It was held at the M.C.G. on 27 September 1975. It was the 79th annual Grand Final of the Victorian…
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An original 1977 North Melbourne 'Kangaroos' Premiership Weg poster. The 1977 VFL Grand Final was contested between North Melbourne and Collingwood. It was held at the M.C.G. on 24 September 1977. It was the 81st annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, and the game ended in a draw, leading to a replay between the two teams one week later, on 1 October 1977 again at the MCG. North Melbourne won the replay by a margin of 27 points, that club's second premiership victory. Accompanied by a program…
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(Horse Racing) Mountier (Mary), Barrie (Douglas M.), Clark (Graeme), Notable Australian Thoroughbreds. (Alister Taylor, Wairua Martinborough, 1981), Pp. (viii)+318, 52 hand-tipped coloured plates, numerous black & white text illustrations, bibliography, index, oblong folio, qr. black morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, navy linen boards, the upper board decorated in gilt, within navy linen solander box which is lettered and ruled in gilt, with coloured pictorial onlay at centre of upper board,…
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Don Bradman: An album containing a collection of philatelic and numismatic souvenirs, most issued around the time of his death in 2001. Includes a commemorative envelope signed by Bradman in 1983 on the occasion of his 75th birthday.
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1970 St. Henri Claret by Penfolds (2 bottles).
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1971 Penfolds Bin 95 Grange, (1 bottle).
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1971 Penfolds Bin 95 Grange, large scratch on bottle.
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1975 Penfolds Grange Hermitage (1 bottle).
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1976 Penfolds Grange Hermitage (1 bottle).
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1977 Penfolds Grange Hermitage (1 bottle).
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1977 Penfolds Grange Hermitage (1 bottle, label badly damaged)
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1981 Penfolds Bin 95 Grange, (1 bottle).
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1984 Penfolds Bin 95 Grange, SA 1500ml, number 273/720 (1 magnum).
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Penfolds Grandfather Port (12 bottles).
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A gold bar brooch set with natural gold and quartz specimen, together with a gold stick pin set with gold and quartz specimen, circa 1900, 8 carat yellow gold mounts, 4 cm and 6.5 cm
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A gold snake brooch set with seed pearls, olivines and garnet eyes by Johnson & Simonsen, 285 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, circa 1900, 15ct yellow gold, 5.5 cm
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Five assorted gold and silver mounted goldstone, New Zealand greenstone and agate pendants, together with a gold and goldstone bar brooch, circa 1900
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A New Zealand gold and greenstone brooch, circa 1860, set with a cushion greenstone surounded by flowers and leaves, yellow gold
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An Australian gold and opal bar brooch, circa 1920s, set with a solid white opal carved profile of a young lady, 18 carat yellow gold
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A gold brooch set with large natural crystal specimen imbedded with a fossilized shell and two round emeralds, 18 carat yellow gold
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A Victorian gold mounted daguerreotype portrait brooch of a young lady by Whitehead marked 'Whitehead/9ct', 9 carat pink gold, 6 x 4.8 cm Ambrotype
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A red, green and white paste bar brooch by Aronson & Co, 297 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, circa 1905, 9 carat yellow gold
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A painted porcelain circular panel brooch of two kookaburras by Levinson & Son, Perth, circa 1900, titled and 'W. Australia' to the reverse, marked 'Levinson/9ct, 9 carat yellow gold, 4 cm diameter
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A gold and seed pearl circular brooch by Henry Steiner, Adelaide, circa 1880, stamped '18.C/H.Steiner/Adelaide/Crown/Lion Passant, 3 cm diameter, For a near identical brooch see Australian Jewellery 19th and 20th Century by Anne Schofield and Kevin Fahy, p.241
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A pair of Victorian gold belt and buckle rings, circa 1900, each with finely chased scroll decoration, unmarked, 18 carat yellow gold, size 'J
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An Australian gold emu brooch, circa 1870, designed with an emu standing among ferns and rushes, within a scalloped border, unmarked, 3 x 3,8 cm
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An Australian quandong and yellow gold necklace, late 19th century, in Swift & Grice of Brisbane plush box, 134 cm long
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A gold mining brooch, yellow gold, 19th century, 4.3 grams, 4 cm long
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A gold mining brooch, 18ct yellow gold, 19th century, 4 grams, 5 cm long
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An Australian yellow gold vine leaf brooch, mid 19th century, stamped 'Wheat sheaf/W/Lion passant', possibly for Henry Leopold Wagner or Samuel Peck Woollett, the hinged leaf hinged to reveal miniature glazed compartment, 5 cm high, 4.5 cm wide
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A goldfields brooch in the form of a pick and shovel with rope and nugget, all on a ribbon banner. late 19th century, yellow gold stamped '18ct, 5.5 cm long
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A goldfields brooch with a pick, a shovel, a spade, sieve and nugget, yellow gold, late 19th century, 4.5 cm long
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A Victorian mourning brooch set with locks of hair and seed pearls, circa 1870, 5 cm across
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Group of 5 pebble jewellery brooches, 19th century
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A cameo bangle, Willis & Co. Melbourne, the front section of the hinged bangle set with a central oval helmet shell cameo depicting a Classical profile. 9ct rose gold. Weight 11.86 grams. Inside diameter 6 cm.
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A citrine bangle, Denis Bros, Melbourne, of hinged design, the front section set with a heart-shaped citrine and four seed pearls.15ct yellow gold. Weight 6.91 grams. Inside diameter 5.5 cm.
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A gold Australian Coat of Arms fob, Willis, Melbourne. 9ct rose gold. Weight 4.69 grams. Length 35 mm.
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A pair of gold and enamel Australian Coat of Arms cufflinks, Willis, Melbourne. Of circular design. 9ct rose gold. Weight 6.47 grams.
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A gold nugget brooch, the knife-edge bar set with gold bearing quartz. 9ct rose gold. Weight 5.26 grams. Length 4.5 cm. In leatherette box signed A. M. Perkin, Goldsmith & Jeweller, Kyneton
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A Victorian gold bracelet circa 1840, the fancy link bracelet with two-tone, cabochon garnet set hand clasp. yellow gold. Weight 18.5 grams. Length 20 cm.
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A Victorian enamel and seed pearl bangle, circa 1860, of hinged design, the front section with applied royal blue decoration and set with half pearls. 18ct yellow gold. Weight 26.15 grams. Inside diameter 6 cm. (Damage to enamel)
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Two mid Victorian bracelets, one a plaited hair mourning bracelet with engraved yellow gold fittings, the other of rope twist design, gilded metal. (Damage to both)
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A Victorian Souvenir book bracelet, circa 1845. The pierced panels spelling out Souvenir, and folding to form a book. Gilt metal. Length 19 cm.
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An antique gold fob chain, of fancy link design, hung with two swivels. 15ct rose gold. Weight 15.65 grams.
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An antique gold muff chain, the oval trace link chain set at intervals with plain polished ball spacers. 9ct rose gold. Weight 15.2 grams. Length 150 cm.
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Two propelling pencils, a lead container and an ivory folding ruler
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A French gold and diamond brooch, of bouquet design. 18ct yellow gold. Weight 5.31 grams. Length 4.5 cm. French assay marks. Maker's mark obscured.
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Two Georgian rings and a doll's ring, one collet set with blue glass and diamonds, the other garnet and paste. The doll's ring set with turquoise. Yellow and rose gold.
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An antique shark's tooth fob, suspended from a pin and dated 6-3-12. 9ct rose gold. Weight 4.63 grams. Length 5.5 cm.
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A Victorian gold locket, in the form of a book, all over hand engraved floral and foliated decoration, opening to reveal a cross and hair insert. 18ct yellow gold. Weight 8.30 grams. Length 20 mm. Width 15 mm.
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A collection of antique gold rings including an 18ct yelllow gold Mizpah ring, four gold bands and a 22ct yellow gold ring setting.
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A pair of antique gold cufflinks and wide gold band ring, both engraved with a crest depicting a crowned lion. 14ct yellow gold ring and the 10ct rose gold cufflinks initialled C.F.
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A Victorian gold, onyx and seed pearl mourning locket, the oval locket opening to reveal hair insert. 9ct rose gold. Weight 10.93 grams. Length 30 mm.
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Two antique stick pins, one signiature stickpin of the yellow gold initials W. F., belonging to Reverend Walter Fellows, St. Johns Church, Toorak, Melbourne. To be sold with a Fly stick pin.
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A Victorian silver and agate vinaigrette, of oval form. Hand engraved decoration and pierced grill. Length 30 mm.
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A Victorian gold locket, of circular form, with all over hand engraved decoration and applied blue enamel garter with the initials W.F. for William Fellows. Rolled gold. Diameter 17 mm.
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A Victorian gold and enamel memorial ring, the inner shank inscribed 'Thomas Howard Fellows died April 8, 1878, aged 55' and the outer shank inscribed and enamelled 'In Memorium'. 18ct yellow gold. Weight 3.77 grams. London hallmarks. Size O. Seed pearls deficient.
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A Victorian gold and turquoise demi-parure, comprising brooch and pendant earrings of circular form, each set with a line of turquoise cabochons. 18ct yellow gold. Weight 13.42 grams. Diameter of brooch 30 mm.
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A Victorian heart-shaped pendant, the front with hand engraved scroll and floral and foliate decoration. 14ct yellow gold. Weight 2.26 grams. Length 18 mm.
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A Victorian enamel and pearl pendant, the central blue enamel panel with applied pearl set star motif. Locket insert to reverse. 18ct yellow gold. Weight 7.18 grams. Length 4.5 cm.
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An antique leather jewellery box containing jewellery oddments including Satsuma buckle, silver belt buckle, various dress studs including gold studs, odd coral earring, blue and clear stone bridge ring, Indian silver drop earrings, two elephant charms, Micro-mosaic dagger stick pin, three Crystal Palace choir medals dated 1858,1859 & 1861, Austrian Tyrolean boy earrings drops and retractable gun metal key ring, 1903, New York by Ketcham.
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A Georgian gold and enamel memorial ring, the central black enamel band bearing the gold lettering 'Wm Sedgwick Ob 3 July, 1796, Aet 70' 18ct yellow gold. Weight 4.76 grams. Size O. London hallmarks. Maker's mark W.H. (William Sedgwick was the maternal Great Great Grandfather of Judge Thomas Howard & Reverend Walter Fellows)
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Two 1873 British gothic florins (These were possibly obtained by Thomas Fellows in the same year, as he played an important role in the Great London Exhibition, held in Australia), together with A British double florin, 1887. The obverse side of the coin shows a portrait of Queen Victoria the inscribed 'Victoria - Dei Gratia' while the reverse side shows four cruciform-crowned shields bearing the emblems of England, Scotland, and Ireland
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A 1887 Victoria Jubilee medal, Stokes Melbourne and a HMS Galatea Medal, 1867
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A pair of Georgian torpedo earring drops, and one other. 18ct yellow gold. Weight 5.09 grams. Length 5.5 cm.
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A gold Rupee dump, dated 1800 and a silver 1/8 Mohur, dated 1885.
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