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

Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:685
Sale Title:Australian & Historical, Day 1Lots with images:678
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:544
Date:27-Nov-2021
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A pair of antique scrimshaw whale's teeth with engraved portraits, Tasmanian origin, 19th century, 10 cm and 10.5 cm high. Provenance: The Berry Collection, Young's Auctions, Melbourne, 2008
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'The Endeavour Entering The Pier, A Trifle From Margate' antique Battersea enamel patch box, 18th century, 5 cm wide
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A sailor's seam rubber, carved wood, 19th century or earlier, 16 cm long
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A whaler's antique knife. Well worn steel blade with timber handgrip bound in string, housed in a timber scabbard bound in copper wire, 19th century, a rare survivor. 22 cm long
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Two antique whalebone clamps, 19th century, 6 cm and 6.5 cm high
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An antique pie crimper, whalebone with turned wooden handle, 19th century, 12 cm high
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A whale ornament made from carved whalebone mounted on a hoop pine base, 19th/20th century, 20 cm high, 29 cm wide
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'H.M.S. Hero' Australian wool work tapestry, 19th century, 59 x 72 cm overall
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An antique maritime diorama, sail steamship model housed in timber cabinet with rope twist wooden edge, 19th century, 42 cm high, 70 cm wide, 15 cm deep
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A sperm whale tooth, late 19th century, an impressive 20.5 cm high
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A sperm whale tooth, 20th century, 6.5 cm high
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Two sperm whale teeth, 19th and early 20th century, 15 cm and 16 cm high
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth with female portrait and Masonic iconography, 12 cm high
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth titled 'Sperm Whale', 9 cm high
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An antique whale's tooth, 19h century, 16.5 cm high
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An antique sperm whale tooth, 19th/20th century, a€‹17 cm high
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A rare whale oil slush lamp, wrought iron, 19th century, 36 cm high
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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 model ship in cabinet, 19th century, 28 cm high, 40 cm wide, 19 cm deep
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An antique clipper ship in a bottle set in fine diorama harbour scene, 19th century, 30 cm long
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An antique ship in a bottle with coastal scene diorama, 19th century, 20 cm long
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An antique ship in a bottle, 19th century, a€‹31 cm long
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A Japanese ship's lantern in galvanized metal case, early 20th century, 59 cm high
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A Japanese ship's lantern in copper case, early 20th century, 63 cm high
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A green glass fishing buoy, early to mid 20th century, 31 cm diameter
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A vintage brass and glass marine lamp, (converted to electric), early 20th century, 29 cm high
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A vintage ship's binnacle with compass,19th century, 57 cm high, 71 cm wide, 40 cm deep
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A vintage green painted metal ship's binnacle with compass,19th/20th century, 40 cm high, 62 cm wide, 40 cm deep
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An antique sea turtle shell, late 19th, early 20th century, 49 x 44 cm
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An impressive swordfish rostrum (bill), 19th century, 138 cm long
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A swordfish rostrum (bill), 19th/20th century, 98 cm long
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Mako shark jaw, 20th century, 23 cm wide
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S.S. Coogee Huddart Parker & Co. Melbourne, souvenir life buoy picture frame, hand-painted on pine, late 19th early 20th century, 30 cm diameter.
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S.S. Moorabool Huddart Parker & Co. Melbourne, souvenir life buoy picture frame, hand-painted on pine, late 19th early 20th century, 25 cm diameter.
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A Japanese vintage ship's lantern, brass and glass, early to mid 20th century, 60 cm high
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A Japanese vintage ship's lantern, copper and glass, early to mid 20th century, a€‹60 cm high
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Two half model boat hulls, one titled '27' Whaler, Scale 1 in. = 1 Ft. Tec 1956', both mounted on boards, the larger 15 x 92 cm overall
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A maritime picture frame, nickel plated, 19th century, 27 cm high
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Early Settlers & Ex-Convicts At Windsor, New South Wales: A letter, dated 27th November 1835, written at the request of Samuel Terry (convicted of the theft of 400 pairs of stockings and sentenced to transportation for seven years in 1800) from his office in Pitt Street, to Edward William Alexander Robinson, son of Edward Robinson (charged with 14 counts of stealing; sentenced to hang, but reprieved to transportation for life in 1789). Terry, who had prospered in the colony, even before receiving his…
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A convict ball and chain with riveted leg shackles, early 19th century, 108 cm long, ball diameter 12 cm
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Four man ganging chain with handcuffs, 19th century, 100 cm wide
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H.M. Prison Pentridge original main gate key, circa 1853, housed in a framed display with accompanying handcuffs and documentation, signed by the last governor of the prison in 1997, the key 13 cm long, the frame 68 x 87 cm overall
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62 cm wide Top Irons used as extra punishment over conventional leg irons hence the term 'double ironed, 19th century, a€‹84 cm wide
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Antique leg irons, blacksmith made non-standard, early 19th century, 62 cm wide
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An antique blunderbuss with percussion cap lock, early 19th century, remains of possible Government stamps on the stock (illegible), 83 cm long
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An antique powder horn with scrimshaw decoration, early 19th century, 30 cm long
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Bugbear carved coconut powder flask with whalebone spout and adornments, 18th/19th century, 15 cm long
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Prison Warder's cap with Queen Victoria crown badge, 19th century, size: small
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Three convict era tokens, early 19th century
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Plug 8 convict handcuffs with key, late 18th, early 19th century, 13 cm wide
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Bobby Dazzler watchman's dark lantern oil lamp with 'Hiatt & Co. Birmingham' brass manufacturer's label, 19th century, 19 cm high
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Hiatt antique handcuffs with broad arrow mark, stamped 'Hiatt, Warranted, Wrought, Hard', No.6, with original key stamped 'Hiatt No.22', 23 cm wide
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Convict alarm bell, cast brass with broad arrow mark and turned handle, 19th century, 27 cm high
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Beam antique leg irons with key. 1882 American patent stamp. Rare. 56 cm wide
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Hiatt antique wooden alarm rattle, 19th century, stamped 'Hiatt' on the handle, 24 cm long
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Two Australian police coshes, one with steel bar and weighted interior covered with animal tail leather hide, the second with a spiral whale baleen shaft with lead filled and woven bulb ends, with leather wrist strap, late 19th century, the largest 34 cm long
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Two Australian truncheons, one South Australian maroon leather covered with steel shaft and leather wrist strap, the other compressed leather disc construction with steel shaft interior and leather wrist strap, 20th century, the larger 42 cm long
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A Truncheon, lignum vitae transfer printed special constable's, dated 1917-1919, 40 cm long
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Gold At Yackandandah: c.1853, Small pencil drawing titled 'Gold Commission Camp Yackandandah', 8 x 13 cm. Alluvial gold was discovered in the area in 1852. The miners and the commissioners were accommodated in canvas tents for the first years. The 'official' tents depicted in the sketch, fly the flag showing their status.
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1857 Grant By Purchase of Land in Dunolly, John Carter of Melbourne purchases a town lot in Dunolly on 5th October 1857. The vellum document bears the seal of the Colony of Victoria and is signed by Sir Henry Barkly, 2nd Governor of Victoria. 34 x 45 cm. One of the first accounts of the Dunolly Gold Rush was recorded in the Bendigo Advertiser on 3 July 1857 that estimated the population in the area 12,000. Confirmation of a rush followed in the paper on 10 July. The exact date that Dunolly was founded is…
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A folio containing numerous documents, letters and receipts associated with mining activities in and around the Victorian Goldfields, 1850s to 1890s. MAinly to do with the Coliban Mining Co., but some of the companies noted include Eureka Mining Company, Castlemaine, Mount Hope Quartz Mining Co., Emu Reef Company, Windlass Hill Gold Washing Co., The Chewton Sluicing Co., The Third White Hill Mining Co., The Wattle Gully Gold Washing Co., etc. (qty).
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An antique tobacco jar, painted cast iron, 19th century, 11 cm high, 9 cm wide, 9.5 cm deep
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Antique gold scales, brass and cedar, engraved 'Class B. to weigh 2lb', 19th century, 48 cm high, 51 cm wide, 25 cm deep
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Set of gold scales mounted on timber box with set of 6 Dram weights, 4 shim weights and 2 lozenge weights, mid-19th Century. 33 cm high, 23 cm wide, 12 cm deep. Provenance: Private collection Ballarat
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'Map of the Mines of Ballaarat' by J.E. Harper, 1866; linen backed, with wooden rollers top and bottom. 105 x 66 cm.
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Avery bankers gold scales with set of 8 bell weights, 19th century, 68 cm high
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An antique Australian pack saddle, used on the goldfields of central Victoria, 19th century,. Provenance: Private collection Ballarat
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An antique oil lamp with figural silver plated base, Duplex black button double burner, original glass font and shade, inscribed on the base, 'Presented To W. Letcher Esq. By His Colleagues Of The Literary Staff And By The Commercial Staff Of The Ballarat Courier, Dec. 1901'. 74 cm high
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An antique pocket barometer in case, pocket sovereign scales and 'The Laurel, Ladies Boudoir Safety Razor', 19th century, the barometer 5 cm diameter, (3 items)
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Gold Mining:1881 10/- Share Certificate (#849) for United Ajax Gold Mining Co operating out of Campbell's Creek; also 1926 consecutive run of four share certificates (#5783-86) for the South Lucknow Gold Mining Company, each certificate for 100 shares at 3/6d per share. (5 items)
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International Mining & Industrial Exhibition, Coolgardie, Western Australia, 1899. Silk commemorative Opening Ceremony program with an image of the Exhibition building and the opening date (March 21, 1899) on the front, the internal pages providing details for the arrival of the Governor, members of the W.A. Government, Invited Guests, Season Ticket Holders, etc., as well as details of the Ceremony. 26 x 44 cm (opened out). Some water staining, but extremely scarce; we have located only one other example..…
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Five opal bivalve mussel fossils, Australian opal fields, Coober Pedy, the largest 4 cm long
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An 18ct gold miner's brooch, crossed pick and shovel with entwined rope and nugget specimen, 19th century, stamped '18ct', 5.5 cm wide, 5 grams
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A 15ct gold miner's brooch, crossed pick and shovel with gold nugget specimens and entwined rope, 19th century, stamped 'S.S. & Co. 15k', 4.5 cm wide, 4.8 grams
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Barclay Bros. of Melbourne gold miner's brooch with crossed pick and shovel, and entwined rope, 19th century, stamped 'B. Bros. 9ct', 4.8 cm wide, 2.8 grams
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A gold miner's brooch, shovel form with large gold specimen entwined in rope, 19th century, 5 cm wide, 4.9 grams
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A rare 'Malcolm' Western Australian goldfields brooch, late 19th century, housed in a period plush box with a Ballarat newspaper clipping, 5.5 cm wide, 5.6 grams. Illustrated in 'Gold & Silversmithing in Western Australia' by Dorothy Erickson [U.W.A. Press, Perth, 2010], page 75-76. Malcolm is today an abandoned goldfields town, 852 km northeast of Perth and 20 km east of Leonora. The townsite derives its name from the nearby mountain of the same name which was named by the surveyor John Forrest during his…
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Gold miner's bar brooch with horseshoes and gold nugget specimen, 19th century, 6.5 cm wide, 11 grams
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A gold miner's brooch in the form of a shovel with quartz ore specimen, 19th century, 4.2 cm wide, 3.2 grams
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A goldminer's brooch, crossed pick and shovel with gold nugget specimens, entwined rope and bucket, stamped 'South Africa, 9ct', 4.5 cm wide, 4.5 grams
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'Forget Me Not' fine Colonial oval brooch with flying bird amongst vine leaves and tendril, tests as high carat gold, most likely Melbourne origin, circa 1860s, 4.5 cm wide, 8.4 grams
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A Colonial brooch with flying bird, vine leaves and green stone, tests high carat gold, most likely Victorian goldfields origin, circa 1865, 4 cm high, 9.1 grams
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A heart shaped gold ore specimen ring set in yellow gold, late 19th century
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Willis & Sons of Melbourne, early 9ct gold ring set with opal and seed pearls, 19th century, stamped '9' flanked by pictorial marks
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Australian 15ct gold bar brooch and matching 9ct gold earrings set with handsome gold nugget specimens, 19th century, 4.5 cm wide, 11.75 grams total
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A Colonial 15ct gold oval brooch with foliate design adorned with a flying bird, most likely Melbourne origin, 19th century, 5 cm high, 10.7 grams
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A gold miner's pendant with pure gold findings encased in glass and mounted in gold, 19th century, 2 cm high
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Wendt Colonial pair of emu earrings, silver gilt, circa 1870, 2 cm high
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A stunning Australian yellow gold memorial locket brooch adorned with kangaroo and emu in fern foliage, 19th century, 3.7 cm high, 12.3 grams total
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An antique 15ct gold bar brooch with glass cylinder of opal chips, 19th century, stamped '15ct', 5.3 cm wide
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Wendt yellow gold ring set with rubies and diamonds, Adelaide, South Australian origin, 19th century, stamped 'Wendt.9'
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Wendt 9ct yellow gold bangle set with red stones and seed pearls, housed in original plush box marked 'J.M. Wendt, Adelaide', clasp stamped '9' with circular crown mark, 6.5 cm wide, 12.2 grams total
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An antique 9ct gold fob chain, late 19th century, stamped 'H.H.S.', 40 cm long, 20 grams
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A Colonial cameo brooch set in high carat yellow gold mount adorned with leaves, most likely Melbourne, mid to late 19th century, 2.7 cm high
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Hardy Bros. (Sydney), 18ct yellow gold stickpin set with a diamond head and retaining its screw fitting to enable it to be worn as a dress stud, fully marked for Hardy Brothers and in original retailer's plush fitted box, 19th century, 6.5 cm long, 4.3 grams total
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An antique bar brooch, 18ct yellow gold set with a shark's took, 19th century, 4.5 cm wide
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A Colonial 15ct gold necklace crescent and star necklace set with seed pearls, most likely Melbourne origin, 19th century, 42 cm long, 14 grams total
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Willis & Sons fine antique bangle, 15ct yellow gold with crescent and star design set with red stones and seed pearls, 19th century, stamped '15,W.' with unicorn mark, 6.5 cm wide, 10.6 grams total
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William Drummond & Co. Melbourne, antique 15ct yellow gold ring set with three red stones and diamonds, 19th century, stamped 'W. 15. D.', 3.8 grams total
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Fire Brigade: 15ct gold fob (6.7gms) depicting a two-wheeled hose cart on the front; verso engraved 'Clunes Fete 1887 * Hose Practice 8 Men : First Prize Won by W.J. Hawkes'.
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