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The Private Collection of Trevor Kennedy AM, Day 1 — Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.

Auction House:Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:712
Sale Title:The Private Collection of Trevor Kennedy AM, Day 1Lots with images:712
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:405
Date:1-Nov-2020
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A model of the clipper ship 'Cutty Sark', fully rigged and under sail in a glass case, height 63 cm, width 92 cm, depth 54 cm
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A wooden scale model of the clipper ship 'Cutty Sark', on a moulded stand, shown fully rigged, height 92 cm, length 120 cm. Other Notes: built on the river Leven, Dumbarton, Scotland in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping line, Cutty Sark was one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest, and sailed the London china route eight times, and later in the 1870s sailed to and from Sydney.
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A wooden scale model of H.M barque Endeavour, fully rigged, with sails furled, length 108 cm, height 98 cm
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A Victorian clipper ship diorama in a case, the trader under full sail passing a lighthouse on a headland, height 41 cm, width 74 cm, depth 11 cm
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A cased model ship diorama, the clipper ship passing a headland with lighthouse and flagstaff, glazed wooden case, late 19th century, height 38 cm, width 53 cm, depth 20 cm
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A ship in a bottle and a model ship made of horn, the Swedish clipper ship in a bottle moored by a town with a lighthouse, on a blue painted stand, the three masted curio ship with incised detail to the horn. (2)
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A miniature cedar chest of drawers, Barossa Valley, having a triple false front top drawer above four further drawers all with chip carved roundels flanked by bobbin turned uprights on toupie front feet, second half 19th century, height 54 cm, width 40 cm, depth 22 cm
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A Colonial cedar blanket box, rectangular with rising top revealing a lockable candle box, having iron carrying handles to the sides, plinth base painted 'L.Prevost' inside lid, height 40 cm, width 74 cm, depth 38 cm
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A specimen wood and metal inlaid box, with rising top, inlaid all over with casuarina, blackwood, cedar, huon pine and other timbers within a geometric design of steel lines, late 19th century, height 14 cm, width 27.5 cm, depth 21 cm. Provenance: The Ruth Simon Collection, privately acquired from the above in 2005
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A Colonial cedar casket, of sarcophagus outline with a rising top and brass handles to the sides, second half 19th century, height 18 cm, width 41 cm, depth 23.5 cm
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A Colonial brass mounted cedar writing box, crossbanded and with rosewood banding around the central brass presentation plaque 'Prize won by H.A. Ether Hon. Member Kiama VR Co. Presented by James Macks Esq.' fitted interior, mid 19th century, height 19 cm, width 56 cm, depth 26 cm
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A carved wooden nut and a treen carved wooden box, the nut decorated with an emu and the treen engraved in script 'Time is short, J black, August 4th 1855'.
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A Tasmanian specimen wood and whale bone display tray, of shaped outline with raised back, inlaid in various Australian timbers in geometric patterns, within a pierced whalebone gallery border, late 19th century, height 28 cm, width 34 cm, depth 21 cm. Provenance: by repute, Captain John King Davis, second in command of Mawson's 1911-14 expedition to the Antarctic
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A pair of Australian specimen wood boxes in the form of books, by Thomas Griffiths, Queensland, each with a geometric inlay in various timbers and having a concealed drawer to interior, stamped, early 20th century, height 20 cm, width 13 cm, depth 5 cm. Provenance: The Ruth Simon Collection, privately acquired from the above in 2005
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An Australian specimen wood box in the form of a book, by Thomas Griffiths, Queensland, the cover with geometric inlay in various timbers and having a concealed drawer to interior, stamped mark, early 20th century, height 20 cm, width 13 cm, depth 5 cm
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An Australian specimen wood box and a novelty money box in the form of a top hat, the box with a star and geometric pattern in huon pine, casuarina, cedar and blackwood, the hat in Australian oak, early 20th century. (2), height of the box 13 cm, width 29 cm, depth 22.5 cm
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A triangular blackwood, cedar and huon pine cribbage board, with concealed drawer, early 20th century, width 31.5 cm
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A Colonial palmwood writing box, the gabled top and side reeded all over, opening to reveal a fitted interior, ruler and fold out slope, late 19th century, height 12 cm, width 39 cm, depth 22 cm
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An Australian chip carved wooden casket, with an all over geometric design of diamonds and circles partially stained, and a panel with two black swans to the front, early 20th century, height 17 cm, width 28 cm, depth 17 cm
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A pokerwork box by Alice Mary Parsons, the hinged top centred with a roundel of a stylised grove of trees with a landscape beyond, signed to the base, first quarter 20th century, height 5.5 cm, width 20.5 cm, depth 18 cm. Provenance: The Ruth Simon Collection, privately acquired from the above in 2005. Other Notes: Alice Mary Parsons was a member of and regular exhibitor at the Arts & Crafts Society from the 1910s to the 1930s. She studied at the Julian Ashton Art school and belonged to the Society of…
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A carved blackwood Art Nouveau teapot stand, attributed to Mildred Creed (1874-1943), inset with a crimson ceramic tile within a design of stylised iris, relief carved monogram MMC to underside, length 24.4 cm, width 24 cm, height 2.8 cm
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A carved blackwood box attributed to Gordon Cummings (1894-1972), in the form of a giant cigar with hinged top, supported on a base of carved acanthus scrolls and volutes and centred with a female mask, on moulded base, height 16.5 cm, width 30.5 cm, depth 18 cm
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A carved blackwood miniature cabinet, the door with a waratah in relief, opening to reveal a single shaped shelf, early 20th century, height 41 cm, width 30 cm, depth 19 cm
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An Australian carved stationery holder with presentation plaque, rectangular with a moulded base carved with gum leaves and grapes, with plaque engraved: 'Presented to Dr D. C. Worch by B. C. Haines Caulfield military Hospital 1.5.22', dated 1922.
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A relief carved cedar panel with a stylised waratah, late 19th century, 20.5 x 30.5 cm
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A carved kauri pine frame with an autographed photo of Dame Nellie Melba, the frame entwined with stylised tulips, the image signed in ink 'To dear Minnie 1922 from Nellie Melba', 39 x 33 cm. Provenance: The Ruth Simon Collection, privately acquired from the above in 2005
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A carved blackwood bellows, each side carved in relief with gum leaves and nuts, brass fitting, late 19th/early 20th century, length 91 cm
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An oak bellows carved with gum nuts and leaves, leather sides and brass nozzle, early 20th century, length 70 cm
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A carved cedar framed mirror, the rectangular plate in a broad surround ornamented with kookaburras and gum leaves in high relief, early 20th century, 71 x 60 cm
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An ebonised Australian wall mirror, the oval bevelled plate in a frame carved with a kookaburra amidst vines, foliage and flowers, early 20th century, 60 x 76 cm. Provenance: The Ruth Simon Collection, privately acquired from the above in 2005
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A carved casuarina frame, of shaped outline with designs of an eagle, cockatoo, swan and birds amidst stylised foliage in low relief, early 20th century, 54 x 39 cm. Provenance: The Ruth Simon Collection, privately acquired from the above in 2005
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A carved cedar frame in the form of a dragon by Margaret peacock, containing a watercolour of a bush creek attributed to Norman Lindsay, late 19th century, 41 x 22 cm. Provenance: The Ruth Simon Collection, privately acquired from the above in 2005
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A carved frame by John K. Blogg 1917, in white mahogany, the rectangular moulded surround with a naturalistically carved spray of wattle leaves and blossom, incised 'A flower of Australia that fell on the field', incised signature and date, and inscribed in pencil to verso 'White Mahogany Gmelina Fasciculiflora', 43.5 x 32 cm. Provenance: The Ruth Simon Collection, privately acquired from the above in 2005. Other Notes: Gmelina fasciculiflora, known as the northern white beech is a species of trees endemic…
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A repousse copper coat of arms of the state of NSW, the shield supported by the lion and kangaroo above the motto 'Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites', early 20th century, 67 x 100 cm. Other Notes: the state arms of NSW were granted by Edward VII in 1906 and the motto translates as 'Newly risen, how brightly you shine'.
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A cast iron 'Advance Australia' coat of arms, on a blackwood panel, late 19th century, 19 x 30.5 cm
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'Advance Australia', a painted cedar panel with the motto and coat of arms, a lithograph, and a facsimile of an 18th century handbill advertising the wonderful Kanguroo from Botany Bay?'. (3)
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An Australian marquetry panel, in casuarina and other woods, centred with an emu in a roundel flanked by a cockatoo and kookaburra, within geometric borders, 72 x 84 cm
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A pokerwork fire screen, decorated with a scene of elongated trees against an evening horizon, the uprights terminating in bracket feet, early 20th century, height 68 cm, width 77 cm, depth 26 cm
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A carved blackwood walking stick, carved with initials Jarh and dated 1902. Belonging to James Andrew/Arthur Raithby Hoodless. Born Lincolnshire, England, 1832, arrived Campbelltown, van Diemans land 1862, Died 1914.
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A timber walking stick with a hardstone finial, with metal tip, the shaped rock opal handle with 9ct gold collar engraved 'Fide. Et Spe.' (Faith and hope).
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Three walking sticks, one with kangaroo handle, one a knobbed stick with a jester handle, and one with intricate bark carving.
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A collection of three walking sticks and a parasol handle, including one possibly coromandel with a knob handle and a sterling silver collar hallmarked London 1923, maker Jonathan Howell, one with ribbed design and a 9ct gold tip, maker Walker & Hall, one with an arrow design and a sterling silver tip engraved 'Gb' & Hallmarked Birmingham 1907, and a parasol handle with a sterling silver top hallmarked Birmingham 1898.
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A timber walking cane with sterling silver cockatoo finial, the cockatoo beautifully detailed with head downwards and tail feathers draped down the back of the walking stick, the timber walking stick with metal tip, maker Ebenezer Newman, hallmarked London 1905. Provenance: Stoddel, BADA, London, acquired from the above in 2011
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A gentlemans walking cane with a carved hardstone, the hardstone carved as the head of a dog with glass eyes, 9ct gold collar engraved 'Invicta Triumphat', stamped '9ct'.
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A Queensland rosewood walking stick, plain design with knobbed top and silver collar engraved 'Queensland rosewood from Ce' in script, stamped 'Stg Sil'.
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A huon pine walking stick, simple design, knobbed end with silver collar engraved with initials Hoj, metal tip to base. The silver collar stamped 'Doig & Horn', maker Doig & horn Jewellers, 143 high Street Fremantle, WA.
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An ebony walking cane with horn tip and brass collar, the handle a scrimshaw of an American eagle engraved 'Good Luck to the Yankee Whalers'.
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An officers riding crop, gilt metal and enamel collar with Victorian army insignia. Inscribed 'From the officers', the handle engraved 'Lep', length 68 cm
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A riding crop and a silver mounted walking stick, the Australian riding crop with woven cover and horse shoe hammer finial, the walking stick London 1913 with horn handle. (2)
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A collection of twelve seals, handles including bone, mother of pearl, banded agate, wood, bronze, etc.
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A collection of Novelties, including two emu eggs, one painted, two desk stands, two brass aboriginal figures with boomerangs, and a plaster aboriginal profile. (7)
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A Commercial bank of Australia head office brass sign, set in a timber frame 'The Commercial bank of Australia Limited', the sign once graced the Commercial bank of Australia head office in Queen Street, Auckland, stamped to bottom of front 'Bock Wellington'.
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A collection of pot lids, including 'Henry's Colonial ointment, cures eruptions, soreheads, inflamed eyelids, blight olcerated legs, tender nipples and bad breasts etc', 'Joseph's Australian ointment for old wounds, Burns, sunburns, chaffing and chapped hands', 'Avery's golden ointment prepared especially for animals', 'A letter from the diggings', and two Sydney Olympic 2000. (approx. 19)
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A Melbourne Olympic Games Bid Box, made from Western Australian jarra burr, signed Michael Thoren with an applied stirling silver sprig of gum leaves and gum nuts. Inside is a plaque engraved 'Melbourne 1996'. Other Notes: made as a promotional gift for the Melbourne bid to hold the Summer Olympic Games in 1996, the 100th Olympiad. History records that the games were awarded to Atlanta.
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A collection of handbags, one crocodile skin, three embossed leather, one Australian bark, and two rabbit fur. (7)
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A Sheffield Bowie knife, the single edged knife etched with scroll and leaf patterns incorporating text 'Australia'. The top of the blade impressed 'Tho short Jun/Sheffield'. The carved wooden handle with inset mother of pearl, the brown leather sheath with metal tip and collar, length 30 cm
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A cased set of three lawn bowls, the three lignum vitae bowls with silver presentation buttons engraved: 'U.L.C. President's prize 1916 won by T. Kitchin', in black painted box, dated 1916, height 15 cm, width 38 cm, depth 17 cm
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The N.S.W. Film Weekly tennis shield: a walnut and silver plate trophy, with engraved presentations from 1948-1954 to the ribboned columns flanking the central relief of a tennis player, 50 x 46 cm
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A Colonial rosewood veneered cedar bracket clock, the twin train chiming movement by T.T. Jones & Son, 316 George Street Sydney with silvered dial, Roman numerals and foliate engraved spandrels, the plain moulded case with glass panels to the top and sides, third quarter 19th century, height 23 cm, width 20 cm, depth 16 cm. Provenance: The Ruth Simon Collection, privately acquired from the above in 2005. Other Notes: Timothy Tillotson Jones was born in Islington, London. He emigrated to New South Wales in…
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A circular wall clock by a. Tornaghi, Sydney, white painted Roman numeral dial, eight-day fusee movement with anchor escapement, circa 1880. Other Notes: Angelo Tornaghi arrived in Australia in 1858 aged 34, he apparently came to supervise the installation of instruments supplied by Negretti & Zambra (London) to Sydney's new observatory. The Sands Directory of 1861 is the first record of Tornaghi at 28 bridge Street Business. He had the contract for the post office clocks throughout New South Wales,…
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A Sydney Harbour Bridge timepiece, the chromed metal span supporting the German dial and movement within wooden pylons, height 14 cm, width 34.5 cm, depth 10.5 cm
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An Art Nouveau copper presentation musical box, the rising top and the sides with enamel badges and glass cabochons, with all over low relief decoration of waratahs and the date '3rd May 1913-1934' and initials Hng, ebonised plinth, height 20 cm, width 25 cm, depth 22 cm. Other Notes: given to Heather Nancye Gordon who was school Captain of St George girls high school in 1930 and graduated from Sydney University in 1934.
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A cast iron lion statuette, by Milne Brothers, Sydney, the seated lion after the lions outside the Treasury Building on Macquarie Street, marked 'Milne Bros makers Sydney' on a blackwood plinth, height 12 cm. Provenance: The Ruth Simon Collection, privately acquired from the above in 2005. Other Notes: Milne Brothers was a foundry in Balmain.
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A Victorian silver plate mounted horse's hoof, having an engraved fetlock with central well and an engraved horseshoe to the underside, height 8.5 cm
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A marble carving of a cockatoo, with glass inset eyes, height 35 cm. Provenance: The Ruth Simon Collection, privately acquired from the above in 2005
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An alabaster lamp in the form of an eagle, the watchful bird with glass eyes, standing on a rocky outcrop, first quarter of the 20th century, height 47 cm
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A large vintage wooden toy horse drawn Dray, naturalistically carved and painted, the dray piled with boxes driven by three horses, height 50 cm, length 150 cm, width 32 cm
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A brass jardiniere and a perpetual calendar, the jardiniere of cylindrical outline with flared rim embossed eiyh waratahs by Jospeh Sankey & Sons, England, the perpetual calendar for farmer & Company embossed with an Art Nouveau design of flowers. (2), height of jardiniere 22 cm, diameter 26 cm
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A carved relief bust of an Aboriginal woman, the open mouthed laughing subject looking to the left wearing a headscarf, 70 x 45 cm
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A terracotta relief by William Ricketts (1899-1993), the standing oval plaque modelled with the features of a bearded aboriginal man, incised signature to base.
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A ceramic pen tray by William Ricketts (1899-1993), leaf shaped with a loop handle having an aboriginal portrait, leaf tendril finials, incised 'Wm Ricketts Melbourne 1935' to underside, length 21 cm
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A carved oak panel with the coat of arms of the city of Melbourne, in a shaped frame with leaf carved moulded border, ensuite with the proceeding lot, early 20th century, 56 x 90 cm
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A carved oak panel with the coat of arms of the city of London, in a shaped frame with leaf carved moulded border, early 20th century, 56 x 90 cm
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A plaster medallion 'Summer' by Lewis Jarvis Harvey (1871-1949), a plaster medallion titled with a profile of a young woman with wheat sprays in her hair, personifying summer, signed 'L.J. Harvey 10' and incised Ljh to reverse, in a blackwood shelf frame carved with Art Nouveau leaves in low relief, diameter of medallion 20.5 cm, the frame 37 x 31 cm. Provenance: The Ruth Simon Collection, privately acquired from the above in 2005. Other Notes: the twenty second Annual exhibition of the Queensland Art…
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Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal Kcvo RA (Australian, 1863-1931), Sarah Bernhardt c.1892, bronze, signed Bertram Mackennal lower left, and inscribed with the sitter's name upper right, her monogram and motto 'Quand meme' upper left, 44.5 x 42 cm, Exhibitions: National portrait gallery, Canberra November 2011- March 2012. Other Notes: Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) was acclaimed as the greatest actor of her generation and had roles created for her by some of the finest writers of her age. A global superstar, she…
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A kerosene Shale bust of a young man by John Baird, thought to depict Baird's son, late quarter 19th century, height 48 cm. Other Notes: John Baird (1834-1894) was an amateur sculptor who was a postman in Sydney. He worked in kerosene shale, an unusual material for sculpture, which was mined on the north Shore and at Hartley and although he did not exhibit his work during his lifetime it was the subject of an article in the 'Illustrated Sydney News' in 1886 titled carvings in Shale- a Sydney Postman's…
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A marble relief portrait of Alfred Deakin, in profile looking to the left, in a circular ebonised frame, early 20th century, diameter including frame 43 cm. Other Notes: Alfred Deakin (1856-1919) served as the second Prime Minister of Australia. He was a leader of the movement for Federation, which occurred in 1901, and was one of the principal authors of the Australian constitution. During his three terms as prime minister over the subsequent decade (1903-1904, 1905-1908, 1909-1910) he played a key role…
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A plaster cast of the Milton Shield, after the original by Leonard Morel-Ladeuil, decorated in low relief with scenes from Milton's paradise lost, 85 x 65 cm. Other Notes: the original version of this shield, in damascened silver and now in the Victoria & Albert Museum, was made by Elkington & Co. Especially for the Paris exhibition of 1867. The designer and maker, Leonard Morel-Ladeuil (c.1820-1888), worked for Elkington & Co. From 1859 and by the time of the Paris exhibition, was considered by many to be…
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John Simpson Mackennal (1832-1901), Phaeton driving the chariot of the sun, 1860, plaster relief, signed in the plaster lower left, 70 x 104 cm. Other Notes: the Scottish born John simpson Mackennal studied at the Collegiate Institution, Liverpool, while apprenticed as an architectural modeller. He arrived in Australia around 1852-54 and was unsuccessful on the Ballarat goldfields, returning to Melbourne he established an architectural modelling business with James Scurry around 1856. They were contracted…
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Andor Meszaros (1900-1972), a pair of reliefs depicting merino rams, bronze, signed with monogram lower right, height 41 cm, width 41 cm, depth 11 cm. Provenance: international wool Secretariat building, Ilkley, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Other Notes: born in Budapest, Hungary, Meszaros studied architecture there and then building engineering in Vienna between 1919 and 1927. He went to the Academie Julien in Paris where L. Henri Bouchard and P. M. Landowski introduced him to abstract and cubist forms, at…
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Charles Artus (1897-1978), running emu, bronze, signed Ch. Artus, on green marble plinth, height 20 cm
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A rare PPM porcelain lithophane of 'Second Class-The Parting' after Abraham Solomon (1823-1862), the scene of a young emigrant taking his leave of his widowed mother and sister bound for the gold rush in Melbourne, after the 1854 painting, now in the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, impressed marks, 17 x 21 cm
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An Australian hardwood carving of a man in a cloak, possibly David, Prince of Wales, early 20th century, height 76 cm
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A wattle decorated smoking cap and a collection of textiles, the red velvet cap with felted wattle flowers and a central tassel and two decorative panels similar worked with wattle and flannel flowers, a set of six placemats with drawn threadwork borders, a table cloth with macrame borders and a bunch of woolwork flowers, late 19th century. (11)
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A Colonial beaded Woolwork panel of a rosella, the tufted bird seated on a spray of roses and other flowers and foliage, in a birds eye maple frame by Lewis O. Carr (fl. 1877-1883) trade label to verso, 'L. O. Carr picture frame maker, 747, George Street south, Sydney, Ladies' needlework stretched and framed, looking glasses Re-Silvered, & c, & c.', third quarter 19th century, 60 x 60 cm. Provenance: Alan Landis Antiques, acquired from the above
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A waratah needlework pillow Sham, the black satin with purple border and three needlework flowers, framed, early 20th century, 77 x 79 cm
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A fox fur Coverlet, composed of 21 fox pelts some with tails on a brown felt backing, 180 x 142 cm
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A framed needlework panel 'Advance Australia', the Australian coat of arms with emu and kangaroo supporters and flags, in bead and reel oak frame, late 19th century, 68 x 66 cm
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A framed silk panel appliqued with flags and coats of arms, the blue silk with red, white and blue border and frogged corners, appliqued with printed flags and coats of arms of the British Empire, early 20th century, 50 x 50 cm
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A World War I silk handkerchief 'Souvenir of Egypt', the yellow satin with lace border, embroidered with the Imperial crown to the centre and 'Australian Commonwealth military Forces 1916', framed, 56 x 50 cm
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A printed Federation commemorative flag, with the Union Jack, blue cross and stars, and Queen Victoria, Lord Hopetoun, and the Duke & Duchess of York to the other corners, framed, circa 1901, 72 x 48 cm
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A framed silk World War I embroidery, with embroidered script 'Souvenir of Egypt 1916', a photo of a serviceman above a map and arms of Australia and the motto Advance Australia, 51 x 54 cm
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A Colonial cedar framed calligraphy example, the Lord's prayer by 'George Brimblecombe 20th Dec 1859', in simple cedar frame, dated 1859, 74 x 52 cm
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A painted plaster relief of the Expulsion from Eden, after Leonard Morel-Ladeuil (1820-1888) forming the centrepiece to the Milton shield, in wooden frame, 47 x 47 cm
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Two plaster kookaburra figures, 'Happy Jack' stamped copyright 10.4.08 and 'A love Story', two kookaburras resting on a tree stump stamped on the back '70'.
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A Tramp Art blackwood Oxford frame with an 'Early Kooka' door, and another framed door, (2), blackwood frame 74 x 63 cm
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A cedar display case with Examples of fret carved work, by Miss Eveline Whiting, the glazed case with red felt lining, displaying a decorative frame, various cotton winders and silhouettes of Sydney characters and two news clippings, late 19th century, height 32 cm, width 48 cm, depth 6 cm
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A cased lady's fan, the black satin fan painted with cockatoos, leaves and flowers, black and gilt lacquered guards and sticks, late 19th century, 40 x 71 cm
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A verre eglomise chess board, the alternate squares with tartan decoupage, within geometric patterned borders having rose, shamrock, thistle and waratah painted corners, framed, late 19th century, 56 x 56 cm
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A woolwork tapestry picture of the storm on the sea of Galilee, in a frame composed of leather flowers and Gothic scrolls, labelled to reverse: 'Worked by Miss Louisa Smith, London House, High Street, West Maitland NSW in the year 1869', mid 19th century, 96 x 82 cm
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