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The Berry Collection Part 3; and other vendors — Young's Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Young's Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:737
Sale Title:The Berry Collection Part 3; and other vendorsLots with images:575
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:598
Date:10-Jul-2009
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3 Victorian brooches. Including a gold and citrine brooch and 2 mourning brooches, one set with garnets, the other with turquoise in a floral design
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Collection of enamel brooches and pendants. Including 3 Egyptian style brooches, cat and swastika pendants, bar brooches etc
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6 assorted Victorian brooches. Gold and pinchbeck examples set with agates, amethyst, enamel etc
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4 Antique brooches. Set with agates, citrines and enamel
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Art Nouveau gold aquamarine and seed pearl pendant on chain, gold enamel and coloured stone bar brooch, plus an Art Nouveau gold clasp in the form of a female face in profile
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9 carat gold and amethyst brooch set with sed pearl plus a pair of gold and amethyst earrings
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Two Ruskin Pottery circular brooches in mottled blue glazes
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Collection of Victorian jewellery. Including two mourning brooches, mourning pendant on chain, jet and seed pearl bar brooch, carved bog oak earrings and bow shaped pin
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Eastern silver belt. Set with florets of turquoise
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Collection of Eastern silver jewellery, including 3 necklaces and a charm bracelet set with turquoise
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Assorted ivory and bone artefacts including a carved ivory Jesus plaque, miniature note book, spoon and case set with tortoise shell highlights. Plus a miniature compass housed in a gold band
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Metal lizard brooch and 2 serpent arm bands
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Two butterfly brooches, one sterling silver and enamel, the other carved horn
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Sterling silver and enamel butterfly brooch and Japanese butterfly buckle
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Antique 9 carat gold Albert fob chain and locket. 34 grams total
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9 carat gold and enamel Australian coat of arms medallion for the Munitions Workers Association. Engraved on reverse. 9.5 grams total
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Assorted commemorative medals celebrating Federation, coronations, Anzacs etc
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Tin of assorted military buttons, badges, patches etc
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Sterling silver whisky and claret labels, antique sterling silver locket with enamel football scene, spoon, fob cigar punch and napkin ring
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Collection of vintage advertising ware. Including Guinness bottle brush, rulers, medicine cup ephemera etc
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Collection of assorted medallions and Chinese coins. Including athletics and swimming awards, 1867 royal visit, Napoleon etc
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Collection of antique mother of pearl gaming counters in an antique walnut box
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Fiddle back blackwood box
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Antique apostle spoons and tongs. Set of 6 sterling silver tea spoons with twist stem topped with apostle finial with gilt wash finish, the set comes with the matching tongs and is housed in original leather case. Hallmarked London
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Eight assorted antique sterling silver spoons and a fork, including a feather edge spoon and fork. Victorian table spoon, Georgian mustard and tea spoons, Exeter silver tea spoons etc
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Two silver tongs and 10 assorted antique sterling silver tea spoons
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Collection of assorted silver condiment spoons, pickle fork, folding spoon etc
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Continental silver spoons. 14 tables spoons and 6 tea spoons
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Antique German silver flat Ware. 8 matching feathered edge table spoons, 6 dinner forks and 7 tea spoons
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Continental silver antique flat Ware. Austro-Hungarian and German spoons forks and knives. 20 pieces in total
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Silver whistle, cigar cutter, silver walking stick tops, silver eagle stopper, Black Forest poesy brooch, silver paper knife, meerschaum pipe and oval religious wax sculpture
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Three Danish silver miniature golf clubs with steel shafts
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The Coppin portfolio, collection of 7 cabinet portrait photographs of George Selth Coppin in theatre costumes, housed in original red cloth folder with tooled gilt border and title with photographers details 'By Waddington & Co. Photographers' on the cover
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Pair of framed cabinet portrait photographs of Lord and Lady Hopetoun. Signed and dated 1894 upper left. Lord Hopetoun was appointed the first Governor General and presided over the federation parliament in 1901
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Australasian Federal Referendum July 1899 certificate. Showing photo portraits of the state Premiers, signed William J Edie
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Union cricket club and Victorian Railways archive of William J Edie. Melbourne, hand written subscription lists, rules and regulations, promotional program advertisement, Melbourne Hobson's Bay United Railway Company, etc
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Collection of carte de visite, cabinet portraits, postcards and photographs, examples by Caire, portraits, buildings, and shops etc
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Collection of 19th century carte de visite and cabinet portrait photographs
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Three Victorian photograph albums. One miniature embossed leather bound album of tintype photos, a burgundy leather album of predominantly German and Austrian carte de visites and a red floral album of carte de visites
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Collection of ephemera, postcards and photographs
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Collection of assorted floral greeting and postcards, Victorian scrap samples, ephemera etc
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Specimen of Hand-Written Visiting Cards. By the late William Chalmers, expert calligraphist to the Commonwealth celebrations. A book of visiting card and hand writing samples. Circa 1904
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Collection of cigarette cards including military, sporting and floral themes
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Collection of assorted cigarette lighters, including 3 x Dunhill, novelty cameras, silver cased etc
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Collection of advertising wares and trade tokens. Including Leeming's boots, vesta, boot hook etc
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Victorian Railways leather wallets, tokens, ephemera etc
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Advertising wares, souvenir badges, medals and tokens. Including two boot polish stick pins, eye and ear hospital brick, metal money box etc
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Silver and enamel picture frame, the square gilded silver frame with celadon green guilloche
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Collection of vintage fountain pens. 15 assorted pens by Waterman, Conway Stewart, Swan etc, many with gold nibs, some with boxes
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Collection of vintage pens. Including fountain pens, Dinkies etc, plus a number of boxes
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Pair of antique Prussian silver picture frames. Ornate baroque design with embossed and stamped decoration. Hallmark of Danzig (Gdansk, Poland) with makers monogram, 'Js'
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Collection of postcards, including Australian Ballarat, Bendigo, Murray River, Australiana, Tasmania etc
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Collection of postcards. Mainly views of Melbourne and surrounding suburbs, plus military etc
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Collection of postcards of Victorian scenes including the Portland, Geelong, Portsea, Lakes entrance, bright, Warburton etc
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Collection of postcards. Australian birds and fauna, American scenes, country towns etc
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Antique Hebrew Megillah. Hand-written scroll on vellum. Religious text, traditionally read on the eve of Purim and during Purim day
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Three antique picture fames. Decorative brass of various designs. Two with photo portraits, one with an original water-colour of a young girl
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Melbourne 'Provincial and Suburban Bank limited' 1 pound promissory note, signed and dated 1st November, 1877
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Collection of ephemera, including 1878 Scot's church programme, 'Forward Australians' song manuscript (dated 1901), Victorian football League registration form for Bertie E Woollacott, military items, forget-me-not book etc
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Three vintage packaging tins. Including Pascall's Art Nouveau expanding tin, Newman's (with aboriginal motif) and Scots Greys
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Three (3) antique maritime plates. Includes a warming plate and pair of matching wall plates. All with scenes of sailing ships
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Two antique Australiana pressed glass plates, both with 'Australia's Centenary' around the rim and central coat-of-arms
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Antique plate, central motif of 'Hobart Town Sabbath school', impressed backstamp for Pinder, Bourne & Co
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Collection of Australiana. Includes a fern etched goblet, brass and wood kangaroos, pewter dish, silver spoon and ceramic cup with Australian animal frieze
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Victorian rosewood travelling vanity box. Case inlaid with shell decoration, the interior with a mirror, bottles and sectioned tray. Exterior drawer for jewellery
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Four Victorian glass basket vases. Assorted colours including pale blues, yellow and cranberry
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Two glass cigarette holders, one of Thomas Webb style cameo glass with engraved monogram, the other pink and white enamelled
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Antique folk-Art wool work floral bouquet, set under a glass dome
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Peking glass vase. Jade green cased vase with original paper label
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Two iridescent art glass bowls. Both with shaped rims, one with applied foot
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18th century gilded bronze Buddha. In seated pose on plinth base, inscription around the base
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Japanese porcelain vase. Spherical body with narrow neck. Hand painted scene of blossom tree and bamboo
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Chinese incense brick. Imperial yellow ground with floral design and 2 cameo scenes of a mother and child
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Collection of oriental ceramics, includes a spoon and stand, teapot, famille rose cups and an inkwell in lacquered stand
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Chinese album of paintings. Set of 10 scenes of people and animals, with cloth-bound wooden boards
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Antique Chinese carved red lacquered ginger jar and a carved timber 'Willow' design brush pot
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Antique parchment in turned bone canister, dated 1756. Pertaining to Richard Cock of London and his being granted the status of 'Freeman'. London coat-of-arms and blind embossed seat at extremities
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Antique pottery lion doorstop. Brown glaze
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Collection of antique porcelain cats ornaments includes, vases, statues, match holder etc
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Three antique miniature porcelain dolls. Includes a pair with matching yellow crochet outfits
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Antique hand painted oval porcelain panel. Scene of an Angel and Child over moonlit city scape
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Four pieces of Australian pottery. Including Am Boyd striped vase, Martin Boyd plate of theatrical character and 2 bowls by Herrod
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Deerbon pottery jug and Boyd Ware pottery trough, both with grape leaf patterns
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Four walking sticks and a parasol. The parasol with ivory handle, walking sticks with carved snake, mulgawood, decorative top etc
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Antique enamelled squeeze box. Green, blue and black enamel with tortoise-shell inlay. Mother-of-pearl keys
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Violin, bow and case, early 20th century
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Vintage violin and bow
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Melbourne Exhibition ephemera. Photo portrait of John Noods (Exhibition Commissioner) and 1880 Conversazione program poster
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Hugh Mahon ministerial appointment. Official certificate with Commonwealth seal and signed by Wm. Hughes, dated 27th of October, 1915
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Hugh Mahon ministerial appointment. Official certificate with Commonwealth seal and signed by Andrew Fisher, dated 13th of November, 1918
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Four photographs. Including country house, portrait and 2 group photos. One with notation verso, 'Portrait of staff of Town Clerk's Office, Melbourne' Dated 1914
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Antique illuminated manuscript, presented to James Reid by the council of the Shire of mount Alexander, signed by the President and Secretary, with blind embossed seal, dated 1876
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Panoramic photograph of Sydney Harbour from the north shore, prior to the construction of the harbour bridge. By R. Vere Scott
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Antique photograph of Flinders Lane, Melbourne, by G. G. Mourray
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Charles A Irwin. Melbourne architectural water colour showing 'Beath, Schiess and Felstead' buildings, Flinders Lane, Melbourne. Streetscape with lively street scenes of motor car, horses and carriage, people etc. Original oak frame
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Lloyd Tayler. Architect. 'Congregational Church, Victoria Parade'. (Melbourne). Architectural scale drawing with notation on gothic shaped mount
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G. Gaggio. Pair of angelic group portrait water colours. Laid on board. Signed lower right
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N. Chevalier, South American town street scene with citadel in background, signed lower right
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A E Aldis, the three Sisters, blue Mountains, watercolour, in original gilt mount and frame, signed lower right
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Victorian portrait oil painting, young lady in mourning attire, unsigned
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