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Australiana — Scammell Auctions

Auction House:Scammell AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:261
Sale Title:AustralianaLots with images:259
Auction Location:AdelaidePrices available:172
Date:2-Jul-2018
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Photographic album c1935, N C Howard compiled, Tasmania, inc: Cadbury factory, Government House, Wrest Point, etc
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Folk art wardrobe miniature
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Papier mache box book design, original condition, beautifully decorated, one end opens to show, a collection of 19th century photographs, mostly Dunedin, New Zealand, from Hardwicke-Knight Family
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Tea caddy Victorian, early 19th century, hinged lift top, Colonial, two compartments, veneered in casuarina, width 18 cm
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Two boxes, each with hinged tops, 19th century, cedar
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Christening set sterling silver, comprises fork, spoon and napkin ring, original Moroccan leather presentation box, London made, Sold by Kilpatrick & Co., Melbourne, given by Mrs William a McLure-Smith to her God Daughter, Ida Dean, Daughter of Brig. General Dean, Who Married Sir Edwin Smith's Daughter
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Cedar box 19th century, shell inlay motif to lid, hinged lid and pine veneers, width 26 cm
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Inlaid box original, hinged lift top, inlaid with cedar, blackwood, casuarina and silky oak, width 37 cm
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Stamp album, Colonial Australian, various
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Suggestion box 19th century, wooden peg construction, cedar with key, from the Anglican church at Glen Osmond, width 28 cm
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Basket wire with beads, late 19th century
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Aboriginal artifacts two carved stone cut coolamons, and gum club
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Writing compendium Victorian, 19th century, cedar, brass bound, fitted leather interior, embossed in gold, with Inkwells, width 36 cm
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Writing bureau Victorian, 19th century, cedar and Tasmania musk panels, musk burl edges, veneered with huon pine, monogrammed centre surrounded, by quartered musk panels, fitted interior with ebony trim, and leather slopes, width 36 cm
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Jermey Arden, Cafe Life, Newtown, Sydney, lithograph, numbered 6 / 500, signed lower right, framed and glazed, 70 x 49 cm
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B J Loveday Survey of Roads, Cape Jervis to Clare, lithograph, vintage, c1900, glazed in frame, 59 x 66 cm
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George Justice, two masted schooner 'Minister', watercolour, signed and dated lower right, 53 x 36 cm, fauxing damage to right hand side
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Martin Sharp, poster for the Adelaide Festival of Arts, 1982, lithograph, framed and glazed, 57 x 97 cm
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Iris frame Untitled, part of original front fence, height 92 cm width 184 cm
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E Cornwell Sydney Harbour, ink and watercolour, signed lower right, 30 x 36 cm
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Embroidered picture Barossa craft, with applied silver leaf decoration, image 30 x 33 cm
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G Farrow Gawler, oil on canvas, signed lower right
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M Crooks the Lighthouse, Port Adelaide, ink on paper, signed lower right M Crooks, glazed and framed, 19 x 25 cm
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Theodore Fordham 'Mundoo Paddle Steamer', oil on canvas laid down on board, signed lower right Theodore Fordham, 1901, birdseye maple glazed frame, 45 x 30 cm
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Maud Wynes, Country Road, watercolour, signed lower left, 26 x 35 cm
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Leslie Ward, Woodland Girls Grammar school, Brighton SA, engraving, signed lower right, early 20th century, 15 x 10 cm
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Margaret Preston, Nude 2 woodcut, signed lower right, 13 x 13 cm
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Brass bell c1860, Schwan, Gawler Place, Adelaide, height 12 cm
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George Justice, Cape Jaffa Lighthouse on Margaret Brock Reef, opened in 1872, watercolour, signed lower right, 1903, 69 x 46 cm. In 1976 the lighthouse was moved to the National Trust at Kingston. George Justice was a light boat captain and one of his ships was 'Minister' - a two masted schooner
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Opalotype hand touched photo, on milk glass, Aboriginal man, Northern NSW, c1890, 26 x 36 cm
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Unknown Artist Villa at Woolahra, Chromolithograph, signed lower right, c1880, framed and glazed, 19 x 24 cm
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Diorama original condition, c1860
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Iris frame kookaburras, on Olympic display sign, 51 x 90 cm
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Religious frame velvet and silver paper, Tanunda, c1890
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Framed certificate Agricultural bureau of South Australia, height Haske life Member, framed and glazed, 45 x 32 cm
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Framed photo church and mansion, signed lower left 'Marchant Gawler', framed and glazed, 24 x 28 cm
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Barossa Valley frames hand grained and glazed, mounted with photos and postcards, late 19th century
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Unknown Artist, two figures at camp fire, amongst the gums, oil on canvas, late 19th century, 56.5 x 41 cm
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Harold Fowl (attributed to), horses beneath gum trees, photo, silver gelatin, glazed in oak frame, details verso, c1920, 24.5 x 59 cm
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Hand coloured portraits three framed engravings, Admiral Bligh, Sir Joseph Banks and Captain Cook, framed and glazed, two - 24 x 16 cm, one - 13 x 10 cm
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J Brown (1882) from 'Forest Flora of SA', two, chromolithographs, highly regarded in his role of the 'Conservor of Forest in SA', framed and glazed, 34.5 x 46 cm
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Unknown Artist Sydney Harbour, 1960's, on velvet, with small signed photo of bridge, c1940, 42 x 68 cm
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Bernard Hesling still life amongst snow field, enamel on pressed metal, 81 x 41 cm
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George Justice, Eight Room Dwelling with two Lighthouse Keepers and Their Families, watercolour, signed 'George Justice' 1903, 70 x 46 cm
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Cast iron pots five 19th century, inc: T C Clerk
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Pot stand rare 1878, cast iron by T C Clerk, height 180 cm
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Cedar bookshelf six open fixed shelves, shaped side supports, on two turned bun feet, height 185 cm
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Wardrobe Germanic 2 door robe, with moustache pediment and Schaedel style doors
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Clerks desk early Australian, cedar and pine, width 150 cm
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Ledgers desk pine, hinged top, shaped bottom shelf and legs, from Daveyston, Nuriootpa, (smallest post office in South Australia), height 109 cm
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Railways gate blacksmith made, 1870's, width 122 cm
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Fire alarm post cast iron, South Australian Fire Brigade
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Pine high chair, Victorian, press back kangaroo chair
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Germanic dresser featured in McAlpines book, of Australian furniture, c1880, height 82, width 102 cm
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Pair of copper relief panels from an early Art Nouveau house in Adelaide, SA, hand beaten, repousse style, showing Warratahs and Foliage, rare Australian Handiwork, 20 x 97 cm
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Cedar chest early Australian, seven drawers, bobbin turned columns, height 130, width 123, depth 56 cm (approx)
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Pine dolls house three fruit box construction, single door opening, to Furnished interior
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Cedar chairs two spade backs, turned front legs
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Blackwood bookcase Edwardian, c1900, three adjustable shelves, two glazed upper drawers (original glazing), base of two drawers with, two solid recessed panelled doors below, height 214, width 130, depth 48 cm (approx)
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Side chair 19th century, cedar bar back, by S Symonds Kapunda
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Edwardian brass candelabra arts and craft Influenced, four pierced brass adjustable sconces, centre column supported by Sunburst, decorated Australian blackwood and cedar inlay, inscribed 'made by John H Dodd and Presented to his Wife on Mothers Day, May 1933', height 53 cm (approx)
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Cedar desk twin pedestal, inset topped, (keys in office)
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Campaign chest 19th century, cedar, brass bound, three drawers, on bracket feet. Provenance: Hawker Family, width 90 cm
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Judge's desk substantial partner's desk, Australian cedar, rare, c1880, ex Adelaide Law Courts Building, length 230, width 140, height 74 cm (approx)
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Child's high chair Germanic, c1860, oak, mounted, on a Biedermeier stool
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Dolls bed late 19th century, cast iron and nickel plated, shop display
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Walking stick made from shark cartilage, horn, iron and wood, identical to one in the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston, said to be used to thrash convicts
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Occasional table cedar, octagonal, cotton reel legs, Barossa Valley, c1880
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Edwardian side table unusual design, two tier, blackwood, standing on six brass column feet, inscribed plaque made by John H Dodd, Presented to his Wife on Mothers Day, 1925, height 82, width 77, depth 52 cm (approx)
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Victorian settee double ended, cedar on brass castors, c1850, probably Tasmanian
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Cedar armchairs 19th century, four shaped back, brocade upholstered covers, turned front legs
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Wine table late 19th century, cedar, turned centre column, on platform base, glasses gallery under a circular top, height 68 cm
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Commode mid 19th century, cedar, complete and original
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Cedar chaise day bed, single ended, shaped back
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Couch/day bed, Regency designed cast iron, made by a Simpson and Son, Adelaide c1890, sprung base and elegant form with single end, nicely worked and of a restrained decoration, length 187 cm
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Australian slipper chair Victorian, cedar frame, red velvet button upholstered, on cabriole legs, in the style of George Debney, Adelaide, c1850's
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Art Nouveau panel, ornately carved huon pine, bevelled edge, with two brass Art Nouveau candle sconces, signed verso by Charles C Brittlebank, 1903, height 76 width 51 cm, (Brittlebank was a well known illustrator and scientist in the State of Victoria)
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Huon pine chest of drawers secret drawer to top, solid huon birdseye, with lazy tongue decoration, from Hobart, c1840's
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Kitchen dresser depression era, painted timber, with screen door base
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Ballot boxes pair of 19th century, cedar, original condition, original finish, evidence of sealing wax, lockable, rare, height 30 cm
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Hall chair made by Andrew Brodie, Unley c1935, English oak, stretcher base, thistle decorative carving, caned back in carved frame, tapestry seat, original condition, makers label to back (plaque Affixed)
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Cedar cupboard early Australian, two door, with key and shelving, width 130 cm
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Overmantle mirror kauri pine, in the Liberty style, SA origin, original condition. Provenance: made for Hawker Family, length 121 cm
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Wardrobe Germanic red pine, shield fronted two door, with apron drawer, height 195 cm (approx)
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Hills Hoist vintage sales person's sample
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Writing compendium highly decorative top, inlaid with pauri shell, jade, ebony, silver and ivory, surrounded by Colonial veneers, housing a first quality double writing compartment with ink wells, ebony trim and a Moroccan leather gilt writing slope, 19th century, original condition, width 35.5 cm
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Captains chair spindle back, with swivel seat and castors, blackwood
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Office desk blackwood, four drawer over tapering legs
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Huon pine chest early 19th century, Georgian style, five drawer, with turned columns, cedar lined, height 115 width 137, depth 66 cm
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Huon pine amoire original finish, rounded pediment and corners, single door with bevelled mirror, interior fitted with gilt hooks and porcelain knobs, from Hobart, c1840's
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Cedar chiffonier 19th century, Germanic, length 125 cm
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Marino sheep trough iron construction, from Collinsville stud gate, c1950, height 100, width 130 cm (approx)
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Germanic dresser Edward Bachmann, Greenock, pine with panelled doors
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primitive food Safe pine and wire packing case construction, decorated with applied Highlighted small panels, with Traces of green, blue and red Paintwork, single door, single shelf within, charming, one off miniature, c1900, from the upper Murray Region, height 48 cm
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Meat safe mid 19th century, four door pine construction, alligator skin finish, height 140 cm
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Corner whatnot, cotton reel, c1910, unusual formal construction, height 150 cm (approx)
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Lamp table pine, two plank top, Germanic legs, label for James Marshall & Co. (later Myers), 72 x 50 cm (approx)
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Depression era bedroom suite inc: two piece dressing table, and chest of drawers, kero tin drawers, (as found in house in Milang)
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Carver chair an early Australian cedar carver chair, Hobart Tasmania, circa 1815, one of the earliest pieces of Tasmanian furniture still in existence today, the seat frame has an impressed mark '12' and the centre rear splat marked '63' suggesting the chair is from a long set and part of the inventory of a grand house.
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Side chair an early Australian cedar chair, Hobart Tasmania, circa 1815, Ex the Toby Hooper collection, bought from cabinet maker in Hobart, Tasmania, original cost $4,500
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