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Australian, Maritime & Exploration featuring the Bob Munro Collection — Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers

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Auction House:Gibson's Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:312
Sale Title:Australian, Maritime & Exploration featuring the Bob Munro CollectionLots with images:300
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:227
Date:8-Nov-2020
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A green and gold flecked Murano glass vase, 20th century, 23.5 cm high
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A collection of five multicoloured glass salts, the largest 7 cm long
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A large collection of seashells, the largest 26 cm long
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A cased scientific device manufactured by Helios
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collection of pale gold flecked Murano glass A assortment of pale gold flecked Murano glass, comprising ten small pieces including vases and a comport, the largest piece 16 cm high
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An Australian cedar table, 74 cm high, 137 cm long, 104 cm deep
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A collection of copper cookware, comprising saucepans, a basin and a kettle, the largest piece 42 cm diameter
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A collection of gilded English porcelain, including Staffordshire, Wedgwood and Hanley's
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Two miniature Coalport and Worcester tea sets, the largest teapot 13 cm high
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A Dresden porcelain figural mantel clock, 19th century, 52 cm high
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A pair of Dayel ware bookends, each modelled with a pixie leaning against a toadstool, with a post and rail fencing in background, blue, pink, ochre, chocolate and clear gloss glaze, incised 'Dayel, Dayel Ware' to the base, 11.3 cm high, 7.8 cm wide, 9.5 cm deep
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A pair of Colonial Majolica ware bookends by Bendigo Pottery, circa 1910, with brown and cream Rockingham glaze, 13 cm high, 7 cm deep, 12.5 cm wide
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A pair of Worthington and Comber/Rosedale ware kelpie figured bookends, circa 1955, each decorated with a seated dog with raised ears in chocolate, caramel, black and sky blue glaze, bearing an original gilt and red label 'Quality Rosedale Ware', 1956-1958, 14 cm high, 9.5 cm wide, 10.5 cm deep
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A pair of poker wood bookends, circa 1930, each etched and hand painted with gum nuts and gum leaves and patterned edges, red, yellow, green, ochre and brown, 14 cm high, 11 cm wide, 9.5 cm deep
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A single Worthley's pottery bookend, modelled in the form of a head and bust of a male, titled Sambo, similar to the style used for American Sambo money boxes with incised decoration to the side, with copper, tan, charcoal and chocolate glaze, 17 cm high, 7.3 cm wide, 9.5 cm deep, Other Notes, Attributed to Worthley's Pottery, Adelaide (1908-1956). Probably a 'workman's piece' the other bookend 'Sara' not present
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A pair of figural bookends by Valeria Correll, circa 1920, each hand modelled to represent the Imperial Chinese emperor and empress dressed in full ceremonial regalia, with crimson, green, blue, cream and black high gloss glaze, incised on the back of each 'Valeria Correll', 18.5 cm high, 7.5 cm wide, 10 cm deep, Other Notes, Valeria Correll (1886-1973) was a potter, enameller, china painter and sculptor. Correll moved from South Australia to Melbourne as a young girl and studied art at the Working Men's…
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A pair of Atholl ware porcelain bookends by Claude Reginald Hose, circa 1950, each modelled as a Irish setter, in coffee, chocolate and tan high gloss glaze, stamp onto each base 'Atholl', Claude Reginald Hose, Melbourne 1954-1958, 14 cm high, 22 cm wide, 8 cm deep
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A pair of Pates pottery bookends, each modelled as a charging buffalo, mounted on a field of grass, with a light green, tan, mustard and cream high gloss glaze, factory stamp 'Pates Pottery Sydney Australia', Pates Pottery, Sydney, 1946 -1980, 14 cm high, 17 cm wide, 8 cm deep
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A pair of Pates Pottery bookends, circa 1940, each modelled as a elephant holding a book with reading glasses, green gloss satin glaze, factory stamp onto base remains of original paper to one edge, Pates Pottery, Sydney, 1946-1980, 13 cm high, 14 cm wide, 10.5 cm deep
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A pair of Melrose pottery bookends, circa 1935, each surmounted with a bust of an Aboriginal woman, olive matte satin glaze and factory stamp to the base, 'Melrose Pottery, 1932-1940'14.5 cm high, 10 cm wide, 7.5 cm deep
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A May Gibbs inspired pokerwood painted wall mounted magazine holder, circa 1930, the front panel illustrated with a pokerwork May Gibbs style landscape with two original brass hanging brackets, primarily mixes of copper and tans, reds, cream and biscuit, 31 cm high, 62 cm wide, 11 cm deep
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A pair of May Gibbs inspired painted pokerwork bookends, circa 1900, decorated with a a large kangaroo, native grasses, a tall slender gum tree, gum leaves and a cluster of gum flowers and three kookaburras, 16 cm high, 9.5 cm wide, 11 cm deep
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An Australian blackwood buttoned leather mayoral chair, circa 1882, the substantial chair with a generous seat and finely carved acanthus arms, the chair was designed and made for Isaac Hopkins, Mayor of Williamstown (1882-1883), 112 cm high, 86 cm wide, 57 cm deep
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A pair of Atholl ware porcelain bookends by Claude Reginald Hose, circa 1955, each modelled a Irish setter, with a high gloss glaze, Melbourne 1954-1958, 14 cm high, 22 cm wide, 8 cm deep
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A pair of green Bosley ware bookends, each modelled as a geometric style, with an bottle green glaze, one with factory mark 'Bosley ware Mitcham S Aust' to the back, Mitcham South Australia 1933-1946, 12.5 cm high, 9.5 cm wide, 6 cm deep
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A pair of M.Banner ceramic bookends, circa 1920, each modelled as a wine barrel, with a ochre, caramel, chocolate and blue high gloss glaze, incised 'M. Banner Sydney', 10.5 cm high, 10 cm wide, 6 cm deep
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A pair of Bosley ware bookends, each of Fleur-de-lis style form with gum nuts and gum leaves, with apple green, yellow, chocolate and tan gloss glaze, maker's initials to base, Mitcham South Australia 1933-1946, 17 cm high, 14 cm wide, 7 cm deep
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A pair of Bosley ware bookends, each modelled in gothic style, with yellow, emerald, and chocolate sponge high gloss glaze, Mitcham, South Australia 1933-1946, 13 cm high, 9 cm wide, 10 cm deep
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A pair of Winifred Ferguson bookends, circa 1940 (1883-1969), each modelled as a bunch of gum nuts and leafs vase, with a emerald, yellow, ochre, tan and chocolate majolica high gloss glaze, incised monogram to base, 9.5 cm high, 9 cm wide. 9 cm deep
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A pair of Japanese replica bookends, circa 1930, in the style of Grace Seccombe, each modelled as a kookaburra sitting on a gum tree stump, with a blue, ochre, tan, cream and chocolate high gloss glaze, 14.5 cm high, 10.5 cm wide, 9 cm deep
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A pair of women's work Australian seashell bookends, made from cedar and applied with waxed Australian seashells, 16 cm high, 12 cm wide, 11 cm deep
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A pair of koala ceramic bookends potter unknown, circa 1930, each modelled as a koala sitting on a pile of books, reading a book, pale green and blue satin glaze, 15 cm high, 10 cm wide, 11 cm deep
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A pair of Mashman Brothers bookends, circa 1930, each modelled as a large galleon in full sail, complete with rigging, mast top flags, with the bases representing rolling waves, with a teal, dark blue, chocolate, copper, and caramel high gloss majolica glaze, maker's paper label partially intact, 'Mashman 1885 -1957', 19 cm high, 15 cm wide, 8.5 cm deep
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A pair of Mashman Brothers bookends, circa 1930, each modelled as a large galleon in full sail, complete with rigging, mast top flags, with the bases representing rolling waves, light blue, chocolate, copper, and caramel high gloss majolica glaze, 'Regal Mashman, 1885 -1957', 19 cm high, 15 cm wide, 8.5 cm deep
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An Australian Mulga wood Inkwell, circa 1940, form of globular shape, crafted from Mulga wood, 5.5 cm high, 13 cm length
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A pair of Mulga wood bookends, circa 1940, naturalistically modelled as two tiered logs on a cross sectioned wedge shaped plinth, 11 cm high, 20 cm wide
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A pair of hand painted bookends, circa 1930, each depicting butterflies and Australian native flowers, in ochre and brown colours, stamped on the base 'Angelo hand painted craft', 14 cm high, 11 cm wide, 9.5 cm deep
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A pair of Grace Seccombe kookaburra bookends, circa 1930, each modelled with a kookaburra sitting on a sculpted tree trunk, tan, brown, yellow, green, grey and black glaze, 11.6 cm high, 9.5 cm wide, 7.5 cm deep, Other Notes, Grace Seccombe was born in the heart of the 'potteries' district, Staffordshire, England. She studied at the Wedgwood Institute and came to New South Wales in 1903 and started potting in Sydney 1925. Seccombe was inspired by English birds in pottery and decided to make Australian…
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A pair of Pates pottery bookends, circa 1950, each modelled as a charging buffalo, mounted on a field of grass, with a light green, tan, mustard and cream high gloss glaze, factory stamp 'Pates Pottery Sydney Australia', 14 cm high, 17 cm wide, 8 cm deep, Other Notes, Illustrated, Johnston, The People's Potteries, plate 27.
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A pair of Mashman Brothers bookends, circa 1930, each modelled as a head of a Basset hound with droopy ears, with a Rockingham glaze, Regal Mashman, 1885-1957, 14 cm high, 11 cm wide, 12 cm deep
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A pair of Mashman Brothers bookends, circa 1930, each modelled as a large galleon in full sail, complete with rigging, mast top flags, with the bases representing rolling waves, royal blue, chocolate, copper, and caramel high gloss majolica glaze, maker's paper label partially intact, 'Regal Mashman, 1885 -1957', 19 cm high, 14.5 cm wide, 8 cm deep
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A Wembley ware koala figured lustred porcelain ashtray, circa 1940, 13.5 cm diameter
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A pair of Mary Lawrence bookends, circa 1920 (1867-1955), each hand modelled as large gum nuts with gum leaves on a base plate rounded at front edge, with a emerald, ochre, yellow, coffee, and copper high gloss Majolica glaze, incised with the modeller's monogram, 9 cm high, 13.5 cm wide, 10 cm deep
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A pair of Pates Pottery bookends, circa 1940, each modelled as a elephant reading a book with a long protruding trunk, with a sky blue gloss satin glaze, factory stamp onto base, remains of original paper to one edge, Pates Pottery, Sydney, 1946 -1980, 13 cm high, 14 cm wide, 10.5 cm deep
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A pair of globular Mulga wood bookends, 12.5 cm high
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A pair of Mashman Brothers bookends, circa 1930, each modelled as a large koala, holding a big gum tree branch, copper, tan and brown glaze, Regal Mashman, 1885 -1957, 13.5 cm high, 7.5 cm wide, 7 cm deep
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A pair of Bristol pottery bookends, circa 1920, each with a modelled koala holding a gum tree branch with long gum leaves to either side, rich coffee and tan high gloss glaze, Bristol Pottery, 1885-1956, 10.5 cm high, 9.5 cm wide, 4 cm deep
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A Mulga wood tobacco jar, 13.5 cm high
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A pair of Grace Seccombe koala bookends, circa 1930, each modelled with a koala sitting in a tree trunk, with additional decoration of gum branches and clusters of gum leaves, bright yellow, emerald, tan, grey and black matt and gloss glaze, 13 cm high. 10.5 cm wide, 8 cm deep
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A pair of Japanese replica bookends, circa 1930, in the style of Grace Seccombe, each modelled as a koala and baby koala resting in a sculpted gum tree, 14 cm high, 11 cm wide, 8.5 cm deep, Other Notes, In the 1930's, the Japanese were experts in producing replicas, they copied a number of pieces produced in Australia and England, particularly by Grace Seccombe, which they could sell at significantly lower prices than their Australian equivalents.
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A pair of Japanese replica of Newtone pottery bookends, circa 1930, each modelled as a large kookaburra, with decoration of gum leaves, gum nuts, a gnarled tree stump, being a true copy of a Newtone Pottery design, with a copper, deep yellow, emerald, teal and chocolate high gloss glaze, 13 cm high, 8 cm wide, 11 cm deep
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A pair of Florenz pottery bookends, circa 1940, each modelled as a koala sitting in the fork of a tree with decorations of gum leaves and nuts, with a yellow, green, pink, charcoal, tan, grey and black gloss glaze, partial factory stamp to base, one with 'c-1945', Florenz Pottery, Marrickville, Brookvale, New South Wales, 1934-1980, 13 cm high, 11 cm wide, 9 cm deep
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A pair of McHugh Bros bookends, circa 1930, each modelled as a gnarled gum tree trunk, sea emerald green, deep yellow, chocolate and ochre high gloss glaze, each incised 'H.M'Hugh Tasmania' to baseMcHugh Bros, 1872-1962, 11.2 cm high, 8.8 cm wide, 11 cm deep
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A pair of Diana pottery bookends, circa 1950, each modelled as a Galleon in full sail, mulberry gloss glaze, Marrickville, New South Wales, 1940-1975, 15 cm high, 6 cm wide 16.5 cm deep, Other Notes: Eric Lowe and brothers John and Winston Christopher started Diana potter in 1940. The owners had been the importers of Bohemian crystal and early in the Second World War they won the contract to produce navy and munition canteen cups and mugs. After the war they were the first to produce commercial art pottery…
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A pair of Diana pottery bookends, circa 1950, each modelled as a galloping gazelle, with a ivory and charcoal satin glaze, stamp 'Diana Australia' and with factory number to base, Marrickville, New South Wales, 1940-1975, 20 cm high, 19 cm wide, 9.5 cm deep
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A pair of Diana pottery bookends, circa 1950, each modelled as a galloping gazelle, with a cream satin gloss, stamp on each base 'Diana Australia' and with factory number '72', Marrickville, New South Wales, 1940-1975, 19 cm high, 19 cm wide, 9 cm deep
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A Diana pottery ceramic mug, decorated with a golf scene, multi-coloured glaze, signed and with factory marks to base, 12.5 cm high, 14 cm deep
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A Diana pottery decorative ceramic mug, decorated with a tennis scene, multi-coloured glaze, signed and with factory marks to base, 12.5 cm high, 14 cm deep
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A pair of Melrose pottery ceramic bookends, each modelled as a German shepherd, with a marbleised matte cream glaze, one with roundel paper label to base, 'Melrose Ware Made in Australia Shape No. 32 Decoration No 525', 14.5 cm high, 10 cm wide, 10.5 cm deep
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A pair of Melrose pottery bookends, each modelled as a cluster of art nouveau style gum leaves, with a emerald green gloss matt glaze and factory stamp to base, 15 cm high, 7 cm wide, 12 cm deep
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A pair of Melrose pottery bookends, each modelled as a cluster of art nouveau style gum leaves, with a emerald green gloss matt glaze and with a touch of clear, the application of which suggests a cascading effect, factory stamp 'Melrose Ware' on base, Melrose Pottery, 1932-1940, 14 cm high, 11 cm wide, 6.5 cm deep
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A pair of Fowler pottery bookends, circa 1937, each modelled as a head of a pekinese dog, with a light yellow glaze, factory stamp of 'R Fowler Limited Australia' with central archer logo to base, Sydney, New South Wales and Thomastown, Victoria 1837-1993, 16.5 cm high, 9.5 cm wide, 13 cm deep
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A pair of Gustav Pillig porcelain bookends, circa 1945 (1877-1956), each modelled of a female bust wearing a scarf, with a deep chocolate glaze, 13 cm high, 8.5 cm wide, 10 cm deep
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A pair of Nell McCredie bookends, circa 1930, each modelled as a puff-chested pigeon, with their fanned tails raised to support the books, with a apple green and speckled pale cream uncommon gloss glaze, each incised 'McCredie NSW' to base, 12 cm high, 11 cm wide, 8 cm wide
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A pair of McHugh Bros bookends, circa 1930, each modelled as a gnarled gum tree trunk, sea emerald green, deep yellow, chocolate and ochre high gloss glaze, each incised H. 'M'Hugh, Tasmania' to inside face, McHugh Bros Sandhill, Tasmania 1872-1945, 12 cm high, 9 cm wide, 11.3 cm deep
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gum leaf bookends A pair of Melrose pottery bookends, each modelled as a cluster of art nouveau style gum leaves, with an aubergine, rust rare gloss satin glaze, 14.5 cm high, 7 cm wide, 12 cm deep
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A pair of merino sheep bookends potter unknown, circa 1930, modelled as a head of a merino sheep, with curled horns to either side, crimson high gloss glaze, 14.5 cm high, 11.3 cm wide, 10.5 cm deep
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A pair of Carmel Woods bookends, circa 1930, each hand modelled as a galleon in full sail and the base representing a wild sea with soaring waves, with royal blue, emerald, ochre, chocolate early gloss glaze, incised to the base 'hand made C.W. Carmel Woods' with one dated 'Nov. 1936' and the other '3.3.37', 12.5 cm high, 11.5 cm wide, 6.5 cm deep
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A pair of K.McConnell bookends, circa 1940, each applied with Australian flowers, including Christmas bells, wax flowers, Sturt Desert Pea and heath, light and royal blue glaze, one incised 'K McConnell' to base, 11 cm high, 13 cm wide, 5.5 cm deep
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A pair of Atholl ware porcelain bookends by Claude Reginald Hose, circa 1955, each modelled as a dove, with an ivory coloured high gloss glaze, factory stamp onto base Claude Reginald Hose, Melbourne 1954-1958, 14 cm high, 21 cm wide, 9.5 cm deep
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A pair of elephant bookends potter unknown, circa 1920, each modelled as a elephants standing side by side but each in the opposite direction, aqua, blue gloss glaze, 11.5 cm high, 14 cm wide, 8 cm deep
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A pair of pokerwork decorated Huon pine bookends, circa 1920, each incised and painted with gum nuts and gum leaves, painted with muted autumn colours of red, yellow, green and chocolate original patina, 17 cm high, 11 cm wide
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A Melrose Pottery pin dish, of gum leaf form shaped as a long curved art nouveau style, matte green glaze, factory stamp to base 'Melrose Ware', 14 cm wide
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A cast iron money box inspired by the Magic Pudding story, based on the Norman Lindsay's character of 'Pudding', 11.5 cm high, 11.5 cm wide, 8 cm deep
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A pokerwork wood book slide, circa 1920, the face of each upright has a painted blue wren perched on flowering wattle, the inside of the slide has been marbled in tones of charcoal and sky blue, 14.5 cm high, 33 cm wide, extending to 58 cm
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A pair of pokerwork, koala decorated Huon pine bookends, circa 1920, of acorn form, each inside and painted with a koala climbing a leafy gum tree, 17 cm high, 11 cm wide, 11 cm deep
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A fiddleback blackwood gum leaf inspired miniature desk frame, circa 1920, with an applied silver map of Tasmania, 16.5 cm deep
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A pair of pokerwork bookends, circa 1880, each carved and painted with settings of Australian landscapes, one a rugged mountain scene and the other featuring a trickling river, the perimeters of the paintings and the top of each has been finely carved to represent clusters of gum leaves and gum nuts, with apricot, gold, red, and various tones of green and blues, each fully signed 'E.Dinan' on the front, 14.5 cm high, 10 cm wide, 9 cm deep
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A pair of Worthington and Comber bookends, each modelled with an Irish terrier seated in high back armchairs, with grey, ochre, chocolate, and tan gloss glaze, base of each stamped 'Lyndale Modelled by J. Moss', 'Worthington & Comber 1954-1962', 13 cm high, 10 cm wide, 10.5 cm deep
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A pair of pokerwood bookends, circa 1920, of bulbous front, painted with a cluster of poppy flower buds and leaves, with heads of wheat and native grasses, in red, tangerine, black, blue and ochre, 12.5 cm high, 8.5 cm wide, 17 cm deep
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A pair of Rhoda Wager Australian silver, Arts and Crafts style bookends, circa 1920, Art Nouveau design of curvaceous gum leaves and clusters of gum nuts, worked in relief on a veined beaten silver background 13 cm high, 15 cm wide, 7.5 cm deep
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A pair of pokerwork bookends, circa 1930, the face of each etched and hand painted with flannel flowers and Christmas Bells, within patterned border, with retractable metal foot, 17.8 cm high, 17.6 cm wide, 4.5 cm deep
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An Australian Fiddleback Blackwood desk blotter, circa 1910, with a small silver map of Tasmania mounted on one end, 8.5 cm high, 17 cm deep
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A notepad holder, circa 1920, made from solid pressed panels of brass, the top of the notepad holder is embellished with a moulded male lyrebird with its tail feathers fully fanned out, 18 cm wide, 10 cm deep
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A Mulga wood timber inkwell, circa 1940, of a large globular form with cap and original ink well intact, 5.5 cm high, 13 cm wide
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A pair of historically important Eric Bryce Carter bookends, circa 1935, each moulded in high relief as a cluster of Batlow apples on a leafy bough, incised 'E. Bryce Carter Sydney 1788-1938', 10.5 cm high, 10 cm wide, 10 cm deep, Other Notes, These bookends celebrate the sesquicentenary centenary of New South Wales. In 1934 mother and son Emily and Eric Carter established the Art Pottery Shop in Sydney Arcade, King Street, Sydney, selling imported and local goods, as well as their own pottery. Eric was…
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Two pairs of lawn bowl bookends, first half of the 20th century, each with an actual lawn bowl mounted on a cedar L shape support, numbered 1 to 4 on each face, 15.5 cm high, 14 cm, wide, 11.5 cm deep. Provenance: Armadale Bowling Club, Armadale, Victoria
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A Royal Worcester porcelain part tea set of the Marian Ellis Rowan Australian Flower series, circa 1900, comprising a tea pot, six teacups, two saucers and twelve plates with acid etched borders, gilded rims, painted with various Australian flora, the teapot with printed puce factory marks and retailers marks 'Prouds Ltd', the plates and cups signed variously 'R. Austin', 'B.M. Bradshaw', 'W. Hart' and 'A. Shuck', all with printed puce factory marks and variously stamped with retailers marks for 'Prouds…
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A pair of Worthington and Comber bookends, each modelled with an Irish terrier seated in high back armchairs, with yellow, ochre, chocolate, and tan gloss glaze, base of each stamped 'Modelled by Lyndale Moss', 'Worthington and Comber 1954-1962', 13 cm high, 10 cm wide, 10.5 cm deep
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A silvered metal figured paper knife, 20th century, moulded with the head of an Aboriginal elder, the blade inscribed 'cast by Vericast Pty. Ltd, Victoria, Australia', 23 cm long
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Two Melrose ware 'John Bull' ceramic inkwell's, one with light green, cream, blue and red glaze, the second with bright yellow, black, pink and emerald glaze and a factory stamp Melrose ware to base, the larger 8 cm high, 9 cm deep, Other Notes, This is a work man's piece and should not have been on the market. Short supplies of men and products during the war enabled this sort of exception to occur the pieces being smuggled out of the factory by the worker, before final glazing., Melrose Australian Ware…
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An early Australian colonial blackwood table of Tasmanian origin, circa 1820, 73.5 cm high, 160 cm wide, 81.5 cm deep
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A large pine servery table, Australian, circa 1830, 73 cm high, 336 cm wide, 61 cm deep
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A Colonial cedar bookcase, Australian, circa 1850, 190 cm high, 143 cm wide, 52.5 cm deep
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A large Kauri pine dresser, Australian, circa 1850, 219.5 cm high, 217 cm wide, 50 cm deep
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A rustic wrought iron miners candlestick holder, 19th century
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A small timber hanging cabinet, possibly Australian, circa 1880, 66 cm high, 64 cm wide, 30 cm deep
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An oak captain's chair, English/Australian, circa 1820, length of back 76 cm
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A collection of eight photographs and one print depicting nautical and shipping scences, HMS Dart, HMS Begeria and HMS Salamander, 13 x 18 cm (average size)
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A large collection of photographs and paper ephemera from the Australian Antarctic expedition to Wilkes Station, circa 1959/60, comprising a substantial collection of photographic images of daily life at the Wilkes Island base, together with copies of 'The Windmill' the newsletter published by and for the Wilkes Station personnel, the collection includes an original image of the wintering party comprising 14 Australian and four American expeditioners listed: Wilkes - Winter 1960, Officer-in-Charge: Harold…
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