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Australian, Maritime & Natural History — Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers

Auction House:Gibson's Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:259
Sale Title:Australian, Maritime & Natural HistoryLots with images:258
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:185
Date:28-Aug-2022
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John Castle-Harris (1893-1967). A shallow glazed bowl decorated with lizards, the scallop edged irregular bowl featuring two lizards to the exterior rim, in mottled blue and green colours, incised mark of castle Harris to base, 30 cm long. Provenance: The Rene Rivkin collection, Sotheby's, Sydney, 6 March 2001. Property from the collection of Andree Harkness
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Emily Bryce Carter (1886-1966). A collection of eucalyptus motif ceramics, comprising a milk jug, matching salt and pepper pots in pale blue colours with an incised bark texture and applied gum leaves and nuts, the jug with a twig handle, incised mark of E. Bryce Carter Sydney N. 571; pots similar but unmarked, and a small cream and green vase, incised E Bryce Carter Sydney, the milk jug 13 cm high. Provenance: Property from the collection of Andree Harkness
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Remued and Pamela Potteries. Three glazed earthenware vases, circa 1934 and after, a green and cream basket vase with a rope twist handle, incised Remued 194/8, two similarly decorated jugs in blue and plum glazes with applied gumnuts and leaves, the larger jug incised Remued hand made 185 M, the smaller incised 'Pamela hand made 1934, 18', the basket 19 cm high. Provenance: Property from the collection of Andree Harkness
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William Merric (Merric) Boyd (1888-1959). A rare early blue glazed earthenware jug modelled as a koala, with a branch style handle, incised marks 'Designed by M. Boyd /1928 to base', 18 cm high. Provenance: Property from the collection of Andree Harkness
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Pamela Pottery. Three small glazed earthenware vases, circa 1934. A broad necked vase, a square necked vase and a similar small jug all of similar profile with muted green and coloured drip glazes, each incised Pamela 1934 to bases and numbered 13,4, the broad necked vase 8 cm high. Provenance: Property from the collection of Andree Harkness
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Remued Pottery. A large branch handled vase, 1940's, with a broad waisted neck in modulating green and brown drip glazed colours with applied handles, marked Remued to the base, 24 cm high. Provenance: Property from the collection of Andree Harkness
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John Castle-Harris (1893-1967). Two applied flannel flower earthenware vases, comprising a compressed pot in pale blue and a wall pocket in peach, mint and rose colours, incised marks of Castle-Harris to both, the wall pocket 17 cm high, 11.5 cm wide. Provenance: Property from the collection of Andree Harkness
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John Castle-Harris (1893-1967). A reticulated glazed earthenware bowl, with a blue well and an ecru rim with rose and yellow colours, decorated with applied flannel flowers, incised mark, 'Castle-Harris' to base, 23 cm diameter. Provenance: Property from the collection of Andree Harkness
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John Castle-Harris (1893-1967). A glazed earthenware basket, of fluted form in rose and mint colours with a blue rope twist handle and an applied bird in colours to the body, incised castle Harris to base, 10 cm high. Provenance: Property from the collection of Andree Harkness
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Una Deerborn (1882-1972). A vine decorated glazed earthenware vase, in mottled treacle brown and mint colours having a scalloped rim and a spreading foot, decorated to the body with vines and bunches of grapes, incised mark of Una Deeborn to base, 20 cm high. Provenance: Property from the collection of Andree Harkness
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Remued Pottery. Two blue modulated glaze vases, 1940's, comprising a matte waisted vase with horizontal flutes in beige modulating to blue, and a high shouldered high glazed vase in similar colours, incised marks of Remued and numbered 49 and 24-6 respectively, the flared mouth vase 16.5 cm high. Provenance: Property from the collection of Andree Harkness
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D.Chenoweth (active 1930's). A glazed earthenware basket vase, in green and brown glazed colours with applied gum leaves and nuts, incised marks D Chenoweth 1937 to base and faint instructions as to glazing colours, 14.5 cm high. Provenance: Property from the collection of Andree Harkness
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Nell Turner Holden (1892-1980). A pale blue earthenware vase, of ovoid profile with turned decoration, incised mark of Nell (in a gum leaf) Holden to base, 14 cm high. Provenance: Property from the collection of Andree Harkness
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Remued Pottery. A rare glazed earthenware koala vase, 1940's, of ribbed cylindrical form with everted rim, in green and gold drip glaze colours with applied koalas and branch decoration, incised marks Remued hand made C 2 underside, 21 cm high. Provenance: Property from the collection of Andree Harkness
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Remued Pottery. A rare glazed earthenware kookaburra vase, 1940s, of ribbed cylindrical form with everted rim, in green and brown drip glaze colours with applied kookaburras on a branch decoration, incised marks Remued hand made C 5 underside, 21.5 cm high. Provenance: Property from the collection of Andree Harkness
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William Merric (Merric) Boyd (1888-1959). A glazed earthenware jug, decorated with blue trees on a stone coloured ground, incised 'Merric Boyd/1915' to base, 11.5 cm high. Provenance: Property from the collection of Andree Harkness
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Christine Audrey Pecket (1908-1996). A small glazed earthenware vase, with an incised bark and sawn branch texture in brown and green colours, incised marks of Christine a Pecket 1944 to base, 7.5 cm high. Provenance: Property from the collection of Andree Harkness
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Arthur Merric Boyd (1920-1999). A covered earthenware canister, decorated to the body with birds in a bushland setting, incised Arthur Merric Boyd to base, 15.5 cm high. Provenance: Property from the collection of Andree Harkness
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McHugh Pottery (1930's), Guy Boyd (1923-1988), six McHugh pottery wares together with a Guy Boyd scenic dish. Three variously shaped vases in tan, green and blue colours with matching globular frogs, each marked, variously, McHugh Tasmania to bases, and; a Guy Boyd hand decorated dish featuring a yacht, incised Guy Boyd to base, the treacle glazed double gourd vase 14 cm high. Provenance: Property from the collection of Andree Harkness
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Premier Pottery Preston. A glazed earthenware vase, early 1930s, decorated in olive, blue and red drip glazed colours, encircled Ppp stamp to base, 22 cm high. Provenance: Property from the collection of Andree Harkness
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Emily Bryce Carter (1886-1966). A glazed earthenware gumnut and leaf trough, decorated in mottled teal and creamy yellow colours with applied gumnuts and leaves with twig form branches, incised mark of E Bryce Carter Sydney to base, 8 cm high, 25 cm wide, 16 cm deep. Provenance: Property from the collection of Andree Harkness
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John Campbell (1857-1929). Three glazed earthenware vases, a red brown drip glazed flared vase, incised John Campbell Tasmania, 85; a green pot, incised John Campbell 1932, 85; a koala wall pocket, incised John Campbell Tasmania E5, the flared vase 15 cm high. Provenance: Property from the collection of Andree Harkness
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Grace Seccombe (1880-1956). A glazed earthenware kookaburra bough dish, surmounted by seven kookaburras with tree roots trailing to the centre of the dish, scored decoration to the exterior, incised signature 'Grace Seccombe' to base, 6 cm high, 14 cm diameter
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Marguerite Mahood (1901-1989). A glazed earthenware figure of a flamenco dancer holding a fan, incised signature 'Marguerite Mahood' to left side of base, 22 cm high
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Premier Pottery Preston, 1930's, a hand painted glazed earthenware jug by Reg Hawkins, the cylindrical body painted with a cottage and country scene; black studio stamp and underglaze 'R.Hawkins' signature to base, 15 cm high
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Carola (Ola) Cohn (1892 - 1964). Two textural earthenware sculptures together with a copy of 'Ola Cohn's Fairies tree by Sonja Delander and Rick Buckingham. The tallest sculpture 21.5 cm high. Provenance: Marvin Hurnall Antiques
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Arthur Merric Boyd (1920 - 1999), a small earthenware dish hand painted with Indigenous figures, incised to base: 'A M Boyd', 11.5 cm diameter
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Arthur Merric Boyd (1920 - 1999), a small earthenware dish hand painted with a desert scene, inscribed to base: 'Amb', 12 cm diameter
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William Ricketts (1899-1993), Aboriginal elder with four children, sculptured clay, 29.5 cm high, 34 cm wide, 24 cm deep, together with whitefella dreaming: the authorised biography of William Ricketts, Peter Brady, Preferred image, Melbourne, 1994
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An Australian glazed earthenware goanna sculpture, mid 20th century, the realistic model of a black and white goanna upon an elongated yellow base with a dentil edge, signed indistinctly underside, 23 x 60 cm
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Joliffe (F E Cox), a blue glazed ceramic vase 1932, incised, dated and inscribed on base: Joliffe FEC 1932 Vic. Aust, 14 cm high, 9 cm diameter
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An Australian sterling silver trophy, the 1873 Sunbury cup, for greyhound coursing, attributed to Edward Fischer (1828-1911). A chased and engraved Etruscan style urn with a waisted neck and flying scroll handles, reserved with a greyhound in a landscape setting on a stippled ground, a hunting scene depicting greyhounds chasing a hare to the reverse, inscribed to the neck 'Nicodemus.' above 'Winner of the Sunbury cup / being the first run for in the Colony / owned and bred by Frederick row / 1873', raised…
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An Australian sterling silver cricket trophy, the Melbourne sports Depot Junior club cricket trophy, season 1884 & 5, by H. Young & Comp., mid 1880s, a neoclassical style urn with square section bracket handles surmounted by a gilded cricketer figure at the crease, bats, balls and stumps to the base, the body with engraved fern and maiden hair decorations and inscribed with trophy name to one face and winner's details to the other, 'Won by Dudgeon & Arnell C. C. Presented by the members to J. Aitken Esq.…
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An Australian sterling silver presentation waiter, William Edwards, circa 1867, featuring a richly embossed neoclassical border with panther, vines, urns and masks enclosed by laurel leaf rim, raised on cast paw feet, the tray with engraved grapevines, birds and inscription: 'Presented to George James Shepard Esq. As a light Recognition of the Valuable Services which He has rendered as Honorary Secretary to the Committee & Congregation of Trinity church, Fitzroy square in the Diocese of Melbourne, Dec.…
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An Australian sterling silver reticulated waiter, William Edwards, circa 1860s, featuring a richly embossed and pierced border with panther, vines, urns and masks enclosed by laurel leaf rim, and raised on cast scroll and vine feet, the tray with bright cut trailing vine decorations, hallmarked sterling silver with We flanked by kangaroo and emu, 24 cm diameter, silver weight 595gms
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A silver Northern Agricultural Society trophy, attributed to William Edwards, circa 1875, goblet shaped with knopped stem and scrolled handles, repousse decorated to the body depicting a horse in a farmyard setting, inscription to a tree framed cartouche, with embossed floral decorations and cabochons to the foot, apparently unmarked, silver weight: 505gms
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An Australian silver presentation cup, Henry Steiner of Adelaide, 1861, the ogee chalice cup with a waterlily and bulrush stem above a petal form base decorated with pairs of rifles, and inscribed, 'Presented to George Strickland Kingston Esq. M.P. By the Committee of the S.A rifle Association in token of their appreciation of his exertions in 1861 as Hon. Secretary of the Society, hallmarked to foot with 14 H St and a Continental type town mark, silver weight: 395gms, 29.5 cm high. Literature: cited in…
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A sterling silver marine themed table cigar lighter, Samuel Jacob, London 1908, in the form of a port light, with red glass window, hinged lighter top with internal wick, and two removable cigar lighter wands, hallmarked to all elements. Total weight: 425gms
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An antique sterling silver and ivory Epworth Methodist Hospital presentation trowel, 1929, the bright cut trowel with inscription, 'Epworth Methodist Hospital, presented to Rev. W.J. Palamountain by Alec S. Eggleston, 20 Novr 1929', marked Stg silver with partial trademark verso. Total weight: 150gms. History: Rev. Pallie as he was known worked tirelessly to raise funds to establish the Epworth Hospital in Richmond, Melbourne
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A Victorian silver plated lobster set, retailed through brush and Drummond Melbourne, 1870s, with decorative grater style cracker and a matching pick, housed in the original presentation case, with label for brush and Drummond 29 Collins St West, Cracker: 25 cm long
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An Australian silver christening cradle by W. Kerr of Sydney, circa 1898, the ornately decorated double ended cradle with pierced and applied acanthus scrolls and repeating classical motif banding raised on an ebonised rectangular wooden base set with a presentation plaque inscribed 'Presented to Alderman J. B. Anderson, Mayor of Mosman by the Alderman and Ex Alderman with their hearty felicitations on the occasion of the birth of his twin children, 17th March 1898', conforming glass dome, 2.5 cm high, 15…
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A Victorian silver mounted ostrich egg casket, probably Stuart Clifford, London 1879, 1881, with dentil silver borders and raised on a four ball feet attached to a plate, a lined interior, the base section weighted, hallmarked to rims and base, 15 cm wide, 12 cm deep
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A Victorian sterling silver nursery presentation mug, Chawner & Co, London 1859, the waisted mug with a double scroll handle, engraved with country scenes to the body and bearing the inscription, 'To Queenie from her Uncle Sidney and Aunt Geraldine on her first birthday', gilt washed to the interior, silver weight: 140gms
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Russell Drysdale (1912-1981), Old Timers 1974, sterling silver plaque, inscribed and dated in image: Russell Drysdale 1974, edition 558 / 1003, Stokes (Australasia Ltd), certificate of authenticity accompanies this lot, 20 cm diameter
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Russell Drysdale (1912-1981), Going to Town 1975, sterling silver plaque, inscribed and dated in image: Russell Drysdale 1975, edition 558 / 1003, Stokes (Australasia Ltd), 20 cm diameter
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Russell Drysdale (1912-1981). The Stockmen 1976, sterling silver plaque, inscribed and dated in image: Russell Drysdale 1976, edition 558 / 1003, Stokes (Australasia Ltd), certificate of authenticity accompanies this lot, 20 cm diameter
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Russell Drysdale (1912-1981), Western landscape 1973, sterling silver plaque, edition 558 / 1003, Stokes (Australasia Ltd), certificate of authenticity accompanies this lot, 20 cm diameter
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A scale model of the Melbourne shrine of Remembrance, circa 1945, made by J. V. Martin, with brass dedication plate: 'Presented to Preston city Council in trust for the citizens by the S S & A. F. A' (Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen's Fathers Association), comprising over 350 pieces of assembled wood, coated with sand and enamel painted, 25 cm high, 70 cm wide and deep (approx). History: 'Dad' Jack Vivian Martin was a carpenter/builder from East Malvern, a former World War I veteran and the father of an…
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John William Lindt (1845-1926), Aboriginal portrait, albumen print, embossed lower right: J W Lindt Grafton artist photographer, 18.5 x 14 cm
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John William Lindt (1845-1926). Two Aboriginals and hut, albumen print, embossed lower right: J W Lindt Grafton artist photographer, 18.5 x 13.5 cm
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John William Lindt (1845-1926), seated Aboriginal with spear, albumen print, embossed lower right: J W Lindt Grafton artist photographer, 18.5 x 13.5 cm
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John William Lindt (1845-1926), Aboriginal boy with axe, albumen print, embossed lower right: J W Lindt Grafton artist photographer, 18.5 x 13.5 cm
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John William Lindt (1845-1926), Aboriginal man with shield, albumen print, embossed lower right: J W Lindt Grafton artist photographer, 18.5 x 13.5 cm
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John William Lindt (1845-1926), Aboriginal with spear and boomerangs, albumen print, embossed lower right: J W Lindt Grafton artist photographer, 18 x 13.5 cm
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Robert Prenzel (1866-1941). A pair of carved timber portrait panels of an aboriginal man and a woman with a headscarf, signed R. Prenzel and dated 1918 lower right, further stamped 'Robert Prenzel Toorak Road south Yarra, European Labour Only' verso, 66 cm high, 56 cm wide approximately. Provenance: The David & Leslie Frost collection of Australian and Colonial Antiques and Art, Mossgreen, October 9, 2016, lot 471.
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A silver cased pocket barometer/thermometer, with original carry case, circa 1900, dial signed Dolland & Aitchison, London, 55 mm case diameter. Provenance: Property from the collection of George Gyori, Melbourne
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Commemorative New Zealand crown and half crown a commmemorative New Zealand crown and half crown, from Max Stern Pty.Ltd., 3 cm and 4 cm diameter. Provenance: Property from the collection of George Gyori, Melbourne
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A centenary of Victoria silver florin together with a bronze medallion, the medallion 4 cm diameter. Provenance: Property from the collection of George Gyori, Melbourne
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A George Gyori paperweight incorporating an English fusee pocket watch movement, mounted in a silvered, ivory and wooden base, 10 cm diameter. Provenance: Property from the collection of George Gyori, Melbourne
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A World War I signal mirror, together with a miniature brass sundial, early 20th century, mirror made by Theodore Hamblin, London, 45 mm sundial diameter. Provenance: Property from the collection of George Gyori, Melbourne
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An antique Watkin mirror Clinometer, early 20th century, numbered 7690, patent 217, made by J. J. Hicks London, retailed through T. Gaunts & Co, Melbourne, 7 cm diameter. Provenance: Property from the collection of George Gyori, Melbourne
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A nickel cased barometer/thermometer, together with a boxed compass, circa 1900, 100 cm diameter and smaller. Provenance: Property from the collection of George Gyori, Melbourne
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English, circa 1900 a mahogany cased dip circle on stand, circa 1900, a precision scientific instrument for measuring the angle between the horizon and the Earth's magnetic field; mark of maker, W & J George Ltd, Birmingham, England, to base plate, 28 cm high. Provenance: Property from the collection of George Gyori, Melbourne
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An antique music box photograph album, and two postcard albums, 19th to early 20th century. A music box photograph album in the form of a tooled leather book, with key; an album of coloured postcards depicting famous paintings and religious themes and an album of sepia photographs of London and Paris. Provenance: Property from the collection of George Gyori, Melbourne
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A group of nine catalogues and a booklet relating to tools and equipment. A hardcover catalogue by Alfred Herbert, A'sia Pty Ltd; Keep Bros & wood, automotive, industrial.., seven catalogues and guides for machinists by Starrett, a Pulsometer steam pump booklet. Provenance: Property from the collection of George Gyori, Melbourne
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A limited edition orrery made by George Gyori, having a wooden stand mount with drawer enclosing additional features, total height: 43 cm. Provenance: Property from the collection of George Gyori, Melbourne
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A brass military issue or surveyor's sundial and compass, circa 1940s, with folding components, marked 044 to back, 9.5 cm diameter. Provenance: Property from the collection of George Gyori, Melbourne
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A group of six catalogues on tools from the collection of George Gyori, comprising: Buck & Hickman limited, tools and service (with presentation label from the Company to Mr Harry B. Lee, chief of the Fire Brigade Melbourne); the standard Graphic, tools, Lathes and Sundries, third edition 1897; 1928 Centenary edition, price list William Marples & Sons limited, Sheffield, 'Shamrock Brand' tools; Millers Falls Company 70th Anniversary Catalog no. 42; brown Brothers limited, motor & tool catalogue, London;…
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A group of nineteen vintage trade price list booklets, workshop guides, handbooks on tools from the collection of George Gyori, comprising: handbooks and tool guides for wood, metalwork, McPherson's guides for workshops, Heckel's Sargent Planes - identification and value guide; Alfred Herbert Ltd, small tools, 5th ed; catalogues by record, Gedore, Assab, Austra, Starrett, Sewards catalogue, Nunawading; Dixon fine tools and supplies, Ny; Brown's assaying, 1902; Thomas Walter Barber, the Engineers' sketch…
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A praxinoscope by George Gyori, replicating an early moving mechanical picture machine, drum mounted on a brass base with a series of interchangeable sequential picture strips, the central drum with mirrored facets, with key, 15.5 cm high, 16 cm diameter. Provenance: Property from the collection of George Gyori, Melbourne
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Two brass puzzle balls by George Gyori, 5 cm diameter approx. Provenance: Property from the collection of George Gyori, Melbourne
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A group of five catalogues on Physics from the collection of George Gyori, comprising: Physical apparatus and instruments, Cenco, general Scientific Company; two copies of H.B Selby, Physical apparatus; Max Kohl A.G Chemnitz, Physical apparatus, price list no 50; Max Kohl, Chemnitz, Preisliste no. 12. Provenance: Property from the collection of George Gyori, Melbourne
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A group of fourteen catalogues on mainly engineering, machinery, radio and electrical themes from the collection of George Gyori, comprising: Southern cross general catalogue, McPherson's Ltd Engineers' Supplies, Centenary, Industrial catalogues (five); Danks catalogue, Melbourne; Vealls radio and Electrical catalogue, Macson Lathes (two); the story of the lamp, the general Elecrical Co; the machine tool collection, Science Museum, London. Provenance: Property from the collection of George Gyori, Melbourne
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A Victorian vacuum pump, the brass pump with release valve and a bell jar dome, inscribed to the pump, made in England for Otto Boettger, Adelaide, 45 cm high, Otto Boettger (1842-1907), was a renowned Adelaide optician and instrument-maker
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An Australian made 'Allwave' radio, made by Percy Bradley of Pascoe Vale, Victoria, housed in a Bakelite faced wooden box, with a 1932 receiving licence, the case 24 cm high, 68 cm wide, 33 cm deep
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A carved hardwood propeller clock by S.Smith & Sons, with Arabic dial and replaced battery movement, 74 cm long
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A brass and ebonised fusee movement orrery, after the antique, with a glass dome and fitted wooden base, the dome 42 cm high
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A rare and unusual 'Industrial Revolution' timepiece with barometer and thermometer, a finely engineered brass working model based on the James Watt steam engine patented in 1769, housed in a glass case in a fitted wood base, with key, 31 cm high, the case 41 cm high, 39 cm wide, 20 cm deep
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A Victorian painted pine tool chest and assortment of vintage tools, including saws, steel scissors, compasses, vices, wood chocks and locks, the chest 25 cm high, 45 cm wide, 35 cm deep
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A collection of vintage chemist's utensils, comprising a polished brass pestle and mortar, a copper mounted glass pestle, a porcelain stacking palette, and a German porcelain chemist's case and a porcelain pharmacy jar, the brass mortar 11.5 cm high
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A manual driven orrery, after the 18th century original by George Adams, demonstrating the phases of the moon, the position of the earth, mercury and Venus in relation to the sun, the map a facsimile copy of a George Adams celestial map, with dome, 20 cm high, 30 cm diameter
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A collection of advertising objects from the Robur Tearooms, circa 1928, comprising a miniature silver plate Robur teapot, a clock from the ground floor of the tearooms, and a framed cartoon, the clock 27 cm diameter
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A set of brass travelling scales together with an assortment of miniature antique weights and measures, comprising a cedar cased set of weights, a set of brass nesting weights, a large collection of Continental and British currency weights and a brushed brass set of travel scales, the single drawer scales base 5.5 cm high, 24 cm wide, 13 cm deep
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An antique oak cased optometrist's lens set, 19th century, comprising a full set of trial lenses and a pair of examination glasses, the case interior with handwritten labels to the ivory compartments; mark of 'Boettgers' Adelaide to box of components, the case 15 cm high, 54 cm wide,. Other Notes: Otto Boettger (1842-1907) was a renowned Adelaide optician and instrument-maker.
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A Victorian oak cased barograph by short & Mason, London, 19th century and later, with bone inset makers plaque, patent number to barrel mechanism, the single drawer containing charts and spare needles by Taylor instrument Companies Australia, the case 24 cm high, 38 cm wide, 24 cm deep
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A Culpepper type microscope together with a projection microscope, circa 1930s. A polished brass Culpepper type microscope on a sprung stage with a butterfly mouth slide, and an all brass fixed gauge microscope, 28.5 cm high and smaller
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A group of six rare cast and silvered locomotive paperweights, early 20th century, comprising: Canadian National Railways locomotive, 1924; C.M & St P 'To Puget sound electrified' locomotive, 1926, made by Rehberger; great Western railway locomotive, 1930, made by Basset Lowke; British silver link, L.N.E.R, 1935; Victorian Railways locomotive, (later the spirit of progress), 1928; the flying Scotsman, L.N.E.R 1937
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A Regency style brass and silvered metal skeleton clock, made by George Gyori. A single fusee 8 day skeleton, with pendulum, bell strike and Roman numeral chapter ring, 35 cm high
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An ornate Victorian cast iron clock barometer thermometer 19th century, the clock with Roman enamel dial, having an 8 day striking movement on bell and a lever platform escapement, 48 cm high
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A Corona folding reporter's typewriter, circa 1930, in original vinyl carry case, the typewriter 10 cm high, 27.5 cm wide, 23 cm deep
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Silent film projector, Austrian, circa 1970s a vintage Minolta Xl-400 super 8 film camera, Japanese, together with a Eumig 607d super 8 film projector, Austrian, circa 1970s, each with original vinyl carry case and manuals, 17 cm high
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A Victorian cast iron stamp from the Strathbogie north registration office, Victoria, circa 1890, 25 cm high, 21 cm long
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A vintage industrial style table top radio horn, circa 1930, with a painted horn, brass bell and metal stand, 46 cm high
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A pair of lady's brass and silver plate field binoculars, circa 1900, featuring cupids amongst floral sprays upon a hammered ground, unmarked but in the manner of Sportiere of Paris, housed in a stitched and strapped brown leather carry case, 7.5 cm long
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An engineered single cylinder under type high speed portable steam engine, 26 cm high
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A boxed candle powered microscope lamp, together with an collection of microscope fittings, 19th century, label to the box reads C.G Imes, Chemist, Sth Melbourne, 29 cm long
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A demonstration model single cylinder locomotive engine, driving three types of boiler feed water, 15 cm high
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A polished brass kaleidoscope on stand, the adjustable instrument on a tripod base with petite casters, 39 cm high
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A brass single cylinder high-speed engine model, after the antique, 15.5 cm high
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A vintage metal fan circa 1950, 32 cm high
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