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Australian & Historical — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:1,250
Sale Title:Australian & HistoricalLots with images:1,232
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:1,148
Date:25-May-2024
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Grimwades 'Kookaburras' English porcelain orange lustre ware jug, black factory mark to base, 14 cm high
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An English porcelain kookaburra vase, early to mid 20th century, 27 cm high
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Noritake 'Kookaburra' vintage Japanese porcelain three piece tea service, 20th century, green factory mark to base, the teapot 15 cm high
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Noritake 'Budgerigar' vintage Japanese porcelain coffee pot and graduated set of three jugs, 20th century, (4 items), stamped 'Made in Japan', the largest 21 cm high
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Centenary exhibition Adelaide, 1936 'Kookaburra' biscuit plate manufactured by Noritake, green factory mark to base, 16 cm diameter
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Brownie Downing porcelain statues, plaques and miniature ornaments, (6 items), the largest 16 cm high
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Captain cook Proclamation, Botany bay, 1770, ceramic jug by Adams of England, early 20th century, factory mark to base, 17.5 cm high
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Two antique hat blocks, one stamped 'Godfrey, Melbourne',  22 cm and 29 cm high
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Two Australian folk Art shell decorated boxes, 20th century, the larger 17 cm wide
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A pair of Victorian ash vintage in-and-out stationery trays, early 20th century, 59 cm wide
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'Australia' map shaped picture frame, with landscape oil painting, early to mid 20th century, 95 x 13 cm
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Three Australian timber boxes including blackwood and silky oak, one bearing silver map of Tasmania, the largest 16 cm wide
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A set of six coffee cups and saucers, hand-painted with gumnuts and leaves, signed 'Ain', the saucers 11.5 cm diameter
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An antique Australian chip carved wall mount brush set, a tramp art wall pocket box and an antique butter press, 19th/20th century, (3 items), the largest 32 cm high
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Four Australian timber boxes, mixed vintages and origins, the largest 24 cm wide
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Thomas Griffiths inlaid serving tray made from Queensland timbers, mount Tamborine, Queensland origin, early 20th century, 53 cm across the handles
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An Australian checkerboard top marquetry serving tray, timbers include silky oak, grevillea, cedar, rainforest walnut, maple and others, Queensland origin, early 20th century, 55 cm wide
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A fiddleback blackwood hand-mirror, pair of blackwood bookends adorned with silver map of Tasmania and a serving tray with silver plaque inscribed 'Burnie tennis club, with all the best Wishes from members, 28th of April, 1945', 20th century, the tray 56 cm across the handles
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A cast bronze kookaburra statue on a later green Bakelite and rosewood base, early 20th century, 13 cm high
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'Advance Australia, souvenir of Australia, Duke of York, 1927' boomerang, 41 cm wide
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Pokerwork crumb tray and brush decorated with kookaburras, circa 1930, the tray 27 cm wide
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Bendigo Pottery fired plaster koala vase with hand-painted finish, circa 1930s, 26 cm high
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A cast bronze kangaroo statue on black glass base, possibly a car mascot, circa 1920/30s, 12 cm high
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A table cigar lighter with kangaroo foot handle and gimbal mechanism, 31 cm long
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'Aero club of N.S.W, Speed Contest. 20.7.35. Advance Gde. 1st E. A. Rushbrooke' sterling silver plaque affixed to the front of an attractive trophy presented by the Aero club of New South Wales, 8 cm high overall
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An Australian cedar miniature Wellington chest of five drawers, 20th century, 53 cm high, 38 cm wide, 26 cm deep
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A cast bronze statue on black marble base, mid 20th century, signed 'A. K.', 26.5 cm high overall 
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Shell-decorated cross, 20th century, 41 cm high
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Australiana musical porcelain jug with kangaroo handle, 20th century, 22 cm high
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Group of turned wooden fruit ornaments, blackwood napkin ring and woodworking malletts, 20th century, (13 items)
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Boomaroo 'Qantas' tractor and luggage trailer, 50 cm long
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Gerry Gee Junior vintage Australian ventriloquist doll with original hat, 54 cm high
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Gerry Gee & Geraldine Gee pair of vintage Australian ventriloquist dolls, 59 cm and 56 cm high
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Geraldine Gee vintage ventriloquist doll. In remarkably good condition, together with an original L. J. Sterne Gerry Gee Junior box, mid 20th century.
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Joy Langley impressive shell mosaic of aquatic scene with accompanying book, 77 x 137 cm overall
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Joy Langley shell mosaic of aquatic scene, 51 x 98 cm overall
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A vintage pond yacht in the manner of a Balmain Bug, with original stand, early 20th century, 57 cm high overall
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An antique Australian book box in Queensland maple, early 20th century, 21 cm high
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A bronze kookaburra plaque mounted on sassafras board, and a bronze wall plaque of a young Aboriginal face, 20th century, (2 items), the larger 31 cm high
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Australiana carved emu egg on timber plinth with metal mounts, 20th century, 16 cm high overall
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A vintage Australian solid fiddleback blackwood box with lift out tray, 20th century, 14 cm high, 30 cm wide, 20 cm deep
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Elke hand-painted Australian ceramic koala lamp base, 47 cm high
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A shell covered metal box, together with three reproduction Australiana framed prints, 20th century, (4 items), the box 26 cm wide
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Aboriginal face cast iron architectural roundel, 19th century, 16 cm wide
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Henschke Hill of Grace, 1987 vintage, 1.5 litre in original box, (one magnum)
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1974 Taylor's Chateau Clare Cabernet Sauvignon, Clare valley, South Australia, (12 bottles).
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Two folk Art kangaroo ornaments, carved wood with original brown painted finish; together with a vintage picnic basket, hair comb and koala souvenir brooch, 19th/20th century, (5 items), the kangaroos 34 cm and 31 cm high
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Antique photographs of Ballarat, early 20th century; together with two Australian paper one dollar notes, Australian 1946 penny, Australian 1951 half penny, Australian 1946 florin, a pair of mulga wood condiments and a boxed early 20th century French medallion, 19th and 20th century, (quantity)
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An antique Art Nouveau hanging light with frosted acid-etched shade, 19th century. This piece was an original fixture from the noted Melbourne house D'Estaville, Kew. 36 cm high, 30 cm wide
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Williamstown railway Yards, black and white albumen photograph, mounted on card, titled lower centre 'Williamstown, 1865', housed in a solid Australian blackwood frame, sheet size 20 x 27.5 cm, frame 51 x 58 cm overall
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'Australian Railways Union' 9ct gold and enamel fob, engraved verso 'Presented to Allan E. Hosking, President - state mine Sub branch 1935
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Melbourne and metropolitan Tramways fascinating group of literature, hand-drawn maps, vintage ticket punch, conductor's booklet, etc. Early - mid 20th century, inspection will reward.
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Tramways point changing tools, (2 items), the larger 55 cm long
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Melbourne Transit authority: a conductor's leather-strapped shoulder bag, ticket clicker (E127), leather ticket holder (V102) which still has full (or near full) pads of tickets to V.F.L. Park; a quantity of other tickets, concession cards, instruction cards, monthly passes, etc.
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Proclamation Cartwheel group of four (one example holed).
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Convict love tokens. Two halfpenny examples, one engraved 'A+A 1787'
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Leg irons with puzzle lock and key, 19th century, 40 cm wide
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Convict single leg cuff on chain, with key, 19th century, 155 cm long
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A convict watchman's alarm bell with broad arrow mark, 19th century, 27 cm high
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Convict Department: two buttons, one stamped 'Prisons', the other 'Convict Department' with crown; together with a belt buckle end stamped 'Prisons', and a military button from the 98th Regiment of foot, 19th century, (4 items)
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Pentridge Prison original cell door lock with key, circa 1852, working order, 25.5 x 18 cm
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Antique No. 36 handcuffs (no key); together with a relic condition iron collar, 19th century, (2 items)
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Hiatt screw-key antique handcuffs, 19th century, 23 cm wide
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Adjustable handcuff with nickel plated finish and original key, 19th century, 27 cm wide
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Figure 8 nickel plated handcuffs with key, 20th century, 13.5 cm wide
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An Extraordinary ledger book recording the convicts Employed in a 'Wood Gang' between April 1866 and July 1868: the front cover further titled 'No.27', the ledger of 184 pages, is a page-by-page record of the work performed by long-term convicts, mainly 'Cutting firewood', 'Running waggons', 'Cook', 'Processing wood', etc. Each page provides details of the convict, his number, where he has been transferred from, the ship on which he was transported, his 'Employment' on a week-by-week basis...
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Police baton with painted crown and 'V.R.' decoration, circa 1880s, 36 cm long
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Victorian Police wool tunic with Queen Victoria crown and cypher buttons, metal trim and silk embroidered collar. Believed to be Inspector of Police rank, late 19th century.
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A Victoria Police kepi with Queen Victoria crown badge, 19th century. (Offered together with a card which accompanied the cap in a Lawson's auction, suggesting the cap belonged to Sergeant Kennedy, who died at Stringy bark creek during the Kelly Gang siege in 1878.)
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Tower bean American push-button handcuffs with remains of original nickel plated finish, 25 cm wide
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An antique Australian hardwood truncheon with ring turned hand grip, 19th century, 38 cm long
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An antique architectural cast iron English coat of arms with painted finish, 19th century, 37 x 47 cm
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An antique turned timber truncheon, 19th century, 45 cm long
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An antique pair of 'Come-Along' handcuffs, 19th century
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Antique convict leg iron by Moreton & Foster, 19th century
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An antique field hospital first aid cane trunk with metal fittings and rope handles, emblazoned with broad arrow mark on reverse, 19th/20th century, purported to have come from her Majesty's Prison, Pentridge, Melbourne, 49 cm high, 80 cm wide, 41 cm deep
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Pentridge Prison: a records book documenting the discharge of one hundred and eighty-four prisoners over the period from September 14th 1908 to March 3rd 1909. Abounding in specific historical detail, each record features both front and profile photographs of the individual, a section of biographical details, the inducting officer's comments regarding physical particularities such as scars, tattoos, etc., and an accounting of the offender's crime(s), trial(s), and sentence(s) served.
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Plug 8 convict era handcuffs with key, 19th century, 13.5 cm wide
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A replica ball and chain, 20th century, 128 cm long
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Spanish Lantaka cannon, excavated from under Macquarie Street during excavations for the Cahill Expressway in Sydney in the 1950's. 91 cm long. Provenance: from the collection of Monty Wedd.
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Rum measures, a graduated set of four pewter measures, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, and 1 gill volume, early to mid 19th century
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A rare Colonial Australian cedar and whalebone book box case containing a set of miniature dominoes made from whalebone, most likely Tasmanian origin, circa 1840, 9 cm high
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An antique ship's bulkhead clock in brass case, dial marked 'Dobbie McINNES & Clyde, made for the Union steamship Co. Of N.Z. Ltd.', 19.5 cm diameter
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Admiral Fitzroy's barometer adapted to the Southern Hemisphere by R. L. J. Ellery Esq., in cedar case with original lithograph backing page, thermometer engraved T. Gaunt, maker, Melbourne, 19th century, 98 cm high
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An antique ebony and ivory mariner's octant by Walker of London, dated 1820, 35 cm high
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An antique brass and timber expanding telescope, engraved 'Gough, London', 19th century, 25 cm long, (expands to 75 cm long)
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved with Jacobite solider, 14 cm high
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth with ship portrait and romantic scene verso, engraved 'Jane, My heart with Thee Will Stay When My ship sails Away', 13 cm high
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An impressive scrimshaw whale's tooth titled 'Sydney cove, 1830' by renowned scrimshander James Cumberland-Brown from Western Australia, circa 1972, with accompanying signed business card, 17 cm high
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Tabua whale's tooth with later scrimshaw decoration depicting a whaling scene, 13.5 cm long
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth titled 'The sailor's Return', engraved with a tallship, sailor and American flag, 13 cm high
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved with tallship and romantic couple with Scottish thistle on the reverse, 12 cm high
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved with tallship below an American eagle, with compass point on the reverse, 12 cm high
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved with a woman and child, adorned with and urn and floral spray on the reverse, 13 cm high
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth with engraved portrait of a lady, 12 cm high
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth with female portrait, 12.5 cm high
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved with a portrait of a young boy, 12 cm high
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved with tallship and animals, engraved 'Tortue', 'Aigle', and 'Caiamant', 14 cm long
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A scrimshaw whale's tooth engraved with a portrait of an American sailor, 12 cm high
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A group of five assorted antique whale's teeth, 19th century, the largest 9.5 cm high
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