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Australian & Historical, Day 1 — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:667
Sale Title:Australian & Historical, Day 1Lots with images:662
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:545
Date:13-Jun-2020
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Two scrimshaw whale's teeth, 19th century, 14 cm high. Provenance: The Erik Dare Collection, Christie's, lot 229, 13th November 1995.
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth on stand, 15 cm high
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Two whale's teeth, one with polished surface, 19th century, 13 cm and 14 cm high
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Two whale's teeth, one carved into the form of a seal, mid 20th century, the seal 11 cm long
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A scrimshaw rib bone engraved 'The Farewell, 1857', 32 cm long
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A scrimshaw scapula bone engraved 'Bringing In The Body Of A Whale, Hawaii, 1879', 15 cm across
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A sperm whale's tooth, 19th century, 17 cm high
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A walrus tusk and sperm whale's tooth, 19th century, 21 cm and 13 cm high
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A whalebone box with scrimshaw whaling scene top, 15.5 cm across
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A 19th century ship's masthead figure of Don Francisco Assis de Bourbon, carved wood with remains of painted finish, circa 1850, 135 cm high
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A ship's masthead lantern, Japanese, early 20th century, 35 cm high
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A ship's lantern, copper and brass with glass lens (electrified), 20th century, 40 cm high
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A ship's lantern, brass and copper, 19th century, 44 cm high
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A ship's binnacle compass in original box by Baker Lyman & Co, 30 cm diameter
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Tall ship model in display cabinet titled 'Mafeking', late 19th century, cabinet 66 cm high, 95 cm wide, 34 cm deep
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HMCS Victoria and The Rip diorama, 19th century, showing the Queenscliff light house, fort and pilots shack located at the site of the present day Pilots Station. The Victoria was the first ship of war built to order by a British Colony, she was built at the Limehouse yard of Young Son & Magnay at a cost of 38,000 pounds. She arrived in Pot Phillip on the 31st of May 1856 and was the first Australian Naval vessel to see action participating in the Second Maori War. She was also involved in quelling a…
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Charles Lincoln English brass telescope on mahogany stand, circa 1800, 174 cm high
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The 'Somersetshire' marquetry workbox with ship portrait inlaid on the lid, interior fitted with tray and compartments, circa 1870, The Somersetshire was built by Money Wigram & Sons and launched in 1867 and played a significant role in the story of immigration to Australia travelling from England to the antipodes especially Melbourne for over 30 years and was captained by J.S. Atwood for most of that period. 16 cm high, 32 cm wide, 25 cm deep
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The Sobraon workbox with silver plaque 'Constructed Of Timber From Sobraon, Built In 1866 (Renamed HMAS Tingira in 1911)'. The Sobraon a fine large clipper played a significant role in the story of migration to Australia in the post convict 19th century era. 12.5 cm high, 30.5 cm wide, 22 cm deep
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A China trade ship model in glass case with crown of thorns mount and contemporaneous photograph, 19th century, 32 cm high, 46 cm wide, 24 cm deep
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A folk art pond yacht on stand, early 20th century, 56 cm overall
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An antique pond yacht with huon pine hull, late 19th early 20th century, 156 cm high
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Nautical light, solid brass and ruby glass, converted to electric, early 20th century, 82 cm high
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HMS Victory model tall ship in glass cabinet with additional cut away cross section model, 20th century, cabinet 80 cm high, 127 cm wide, 41 cm deep
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Fred Roe (Britain, 1864-1947), I.) Good-Bye My Lads, II.) Taking Aim, chromolithographs, published by G. Whitehead and Company, London for The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News Printer, circa 1905, 54 x 81 cm
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Glengarry' model three mast ship in case with hand-painted Scottish scene diorama, 19th century, 76 cm high, 117 cm wide, 49 cm deep
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An antique model tallship with two masts in Australian cedar and pine cabinet, signed 'C.W. 1879' on the top, 76 cm high, 84 cm wide, 31 cm deep
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A clinker model boat made from huon pine boards with copper rivets, signed 'C.E. Davies, Lochsport, Vic. Australia', late 19th early 20th century, 77 cm long
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A model tallship made from tortoiseshell resting on a blue silk covered board, late 19th century, the ship 30 cm high, 46 cm long
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Two glass fishing buoys, 20th century, 29 cm diameter
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H.M.S. Hero Australian woolwork tapestry, 19th century, 59 x 72 cm overall
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An Australian woolwork tapestry of a three masted tallship, 19th century, housed in a birdseye maple frame, 40 x 50 cm
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Orontes sailor's folk art hand-painted pearl shell on timber stand, 19th century, 19 cm high overall
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Gilbert & Sons London, brass sundial compass in timber case, 20th century, 19 cm diameter
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An antique sextant in original mahogany case by Bryant & Biggs of Cardiff, 19th century, 23 cm high
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A portable bearing device, brass with inset silver dial, 19 cm across
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An antique terrestrial globe on cast iron base, 19th century, 51 cm high
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Port Phillip Bay, circa 1860s, Artist unknown, group of 20 watercolours on card of ships and Port Phillip Bay, some with pencil captions including, Off Williams Town, Steam Tug Entering The Heads, Hobson's Bay, Melbourne From St. Kilda, Volunteer Camp, After A Flood, Hobson's Bay, varying sizes, largest 13 x 17 cm
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A walking stick, stingray vertebrae with horn handle and silver collar, 19th century, 87 cm high
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A rare walking stick made from sections of tortoiseshell, 19th century, 89 cm high
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A walking stick, stingray vertebrate and baleen, 19th century, 89 cm high
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A walking stick, made from baleen segments, 19th century, 86.5 cm high
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A walking stick, with hound head handle, musk and fiddleback blackwood, Tasmanian origin, 19th century, 81 cm high
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A sailor's persuader club or cosh, carved blackwood in the form of a fist, named in metal studs 'W. Fisher', Tasmanian origin, 19th century, 44.5 cm high
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A baleen sailor's cosh with weighted woven thread ends, 19th century, 29 cm long
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Sailor's carving of a hand and rope knot, Australian cedar, 19th century, 18 cm high
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Malby's Terrestrial 10 1/2 Inch Globe, circa 1889, 41 cm high
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Sailor's sweetheart forget-me-not folk art embroidery, 19th century, framed and glazed 33 x 26 cm overall
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A carved whalebone toggle in the form of a belt and buckle, 19th century, 3 cm across
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Waterhen' scratch built model boat, battery power, early 20th century, 70 cm long
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Jasper Rasmussen two carved whales teeth in the form of a wizard and a crocodile, the wizard signed 'Jasper, Albany', Western Australia, wizard 10 cm high
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Perrina Globe Terrestre 9 1/2 inch world globe lamp in ships wheel stand, mid 20th century, 51 cm high
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A ship in a bottle display with two three mast tallships in lighthouse diorama, 24 cm long
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A ship in a bottle with four masted tallship, 26 cm long
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A pair of starboard and port side ship's lanterns, copper and brass, Hong Kong origin, early to mid 20th century, 47 cm high
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A Tasmanian huon pine pond yacht, early 20th century, 154 cm high, 91 cm long
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A giant clam shell, late 19th early 20th century, 76 cm across
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A giant clam shell, early 20th century, 48 cm across
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A giant sea turtle shell, 19th century, 95 cm across
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A taxidermy sea turtle, 19th/20th century, 47 cm long
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Balmain Bug pond yacht with Australian cedar hull, early 20th century. These boats were popular racing vessels sailed on Sydney Harbour from the late 19th to the mid 20th century, 112 cm high
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W. & A. K. Johnston 12 inch globe on stand, circa 1888, 44 cm high including stand
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Philips' 13½ inch Challenge Globe on black bakelite base, circa 1930, 41 cm high
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Philips' 12 inch Terrestrial Globe on cast iron base, 51 cm high
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H.M.A.S. Sydney desk set made from the timber decking boards, with blue enamel plaque, early 20th century, 39 cm across
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Collection of 12 reproduction scrimshaw whale's teeth with sterling silver bases, 20th century, stamped 'Stg. Sil, the largest 16 cm high
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Reproduction scrimshaw tusk, two teeth, two boxes and two pictures, 20th century, the tusk 30 cm high. Provenance: The Erik Dare Collection, Christie's, November 15th, 1995.
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A jewellery box encrusted with shells, starfish and seahorses, Queensland origin, early 20th century, 7 cm high, 28 cm wide, 20.5 cm deep
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Four assorted framed antique coloured engravings of ships, 19th century, the largest 62 x 81 cm overall
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Assorted carved whalebone chess pieces, 19th century, the tallest 6.5 cm high
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H.M.V.S. Cerberus (Breastwork Monitor) facsimile colour lithograph plans, framed and glazed, 43 x 63 cm
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Sextant in case stamped 'A.M.' early to mid 20th century, 17 cm high
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An Australian timber workbox, impressively crafted with inlaid top and serpentine profile, interior fitted with lift out tray and compartments with fine inlay work, cedar, musk, huon pine, blackwood and pine, Barossa Valley, South Australia, 19th century, 14 cm high, 35 cm wide, 24.5 cm deep
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An early Colonial Australian tea caddy, casuarina beefwood with remains of a cedar escutcheon and some pine secondaries, New South Wales origin, early 19th century. 15.5 cm high, 30.5 cm wide, 15.5 cm deep
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Rare pair of Colonial boxes, solid Tasmanian musk with myrtle secondary timbers, interior fitted with compartments, and bottles, pencil inscription on both reads 'F.B. Dale, Sydney, 1844'. Colonial born Dale worked as a cabinet maker in Sydney, New South Wales during the early to mid 1840s. 16 cm high,3 33 cm wide, 22.5 cm deep. Examples of his work can be found in, Australian Furniture, Pictorial History And Dictionary 1788-1938', by Kevin Fahy and Andrew Simpson, plate 399. Early Colonial Furniture In…
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Wedgwood 'Australian Flora' rare set of 6 porcelain dinner plates, circa 1880, stamped 'Wedgwood, Australian Flora, 24.5 cm diameter
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Franz Bergmann, Austrian cold painted bronze kookaburra, early 20th century, stamped under the tail, 13 cm long
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An antique folk art leather picture frame, 19th century, 33 x 27 cm
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Quandong seed gaming counters or token, in brass bound mahogany box with lithograph kangaroo business advertising card for William Barton Coach Painting Co. York Street, Launceston. 19th century, the box 23 cm wide
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An antique kangaroo skin rug with felt backing, embroidered monogrammed verso 'G.O.S.', late 19th century, 202 cm x 142 cm
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A Colonial taxidermy bird display in Australian cedar case, circa 1870, 85 cm high, 70 cm wide, 28 cm deep
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A 'Tramp Art' Crown of Thorns mirror frame with a carved Australian crest armorial panel, housed in original crate, 148 cm high, 105 cm wide
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An antique taxidermy kingfisher in original glass dome display, 19th century, 39 cm high
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Blanche B. Davis [Australia, 1858 - 1933], A collection of six plates and four compote stands, c1907. Handpainted porcelain, each signed and titled verso, 21 cm diameter (plates), 22 cm diameter (compote stands). Titled, as follows, Gippsland, Twoong [sic], N.S.Wales, Watts River, Lake Victoria, Gippsland, Tributary of Watts River, 1907, Hyington, Victoria, Brighton, Victoria, Heidliberg [sic], Vic. Healesville, Vic. Bulli Pass, N.S.W. Blanche Davis exhibited at the First Australian Women's Work Exhibition…
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Artist unknown, Australian school, two hand-painted ceramic plaques, after Henry James Johnstone, 19th century, (2 items), 32 cm diameter
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An Australian apprentice cabinet, finely crafted as three pieces of furniture being a mirrored wardrobe, a Duchess top and a chest of drawers, Australian cedar and pine, circa 1880, (missing mirror top), 44 cm high, 29 cm wide, 19 cm deep
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An Australian apprentice cabinet fitted with four drawers, cedar with fiddleback blackwood interior, circa 1880, 35 cm high, 31 cm wide, 22 cm deep
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Cherry Butter churn miniature salesman's sample marked 'E, Cherry Maker, Improved Patent, Gisbourne, Victoria', kauri pine with blackwood handle, 19th century, rare. 14 cm high
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James Sherwin antique mahogany brass bound writing box with owner's name plate on the lid 'Jas. Sherwin, 1814'. Born in 1788 in the rich pottery district of Staffordshire where he learnt his craft, Sherwin moved to St Petersburg in Russia in the early 1820's. He lost his wife and son in floods and decided to move to Van Diemen's Land. James Sherwin established one of Tasmania's earliest commercial potteries setting up in Hobart in 1831. This box is purported to have personally belonged to him and travelled…
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An Australian folk art miniature chest of four drawers, cedar and pine with porcelain knobs, 1890s depression era, 35 cm high, 34 cm wide, 18 cm deep
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An Australian walking stick, fiddleback blackwood shaft with carved cedar boot handle, 19th century, 91.5 cm high
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Two walking sticks, fiddleback blackwood and silver, late 19th century, 92 cm and 90 cm high
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An Australian cedar walking stick, carved fist with entwined serpent, 19th century, 90 cm high
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Two Australian walking sticks carved with native flora and fauna, most likely Aboriginal mission work, late 19th century, 94 cm and 87 cm high
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A New Zealand sample wood walking stick, circa 1900, 91 cm high
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Three Australian walking sticks, one made from a propeller, one fiddleback blackwood, and one cane with silver plaque 'W.H. Balmain, Bega, N.S.W.', 19th and 20th century, the largest 97 cm high
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A New Zealand specimen wood turned walking stick, an Australian walking stick engraved 'Hepburn Springs 1933', together with an Aboriginal walking stick with snake motif and iron studs, 19th and 20th century, (3 items), the largest 92 cm high
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Three Australian walking sticks, blackwood, casuarina, myrtle and sterling silver, 19th and early 20th century, the largest 85 cm high
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Two walking sticks, fiddleback blackwood with Australian silver collars, 19th century, 83 cm and 84.5 cm high
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Four Australian walking sticks, blackwood, 19th and early 20th century, 'the largest 93.5 cm high
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