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The Dr. Jane Lennon Collection — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:533
Sale Title:The Dr. Jane Lennon CollectionLots with images:533
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:468
Date:20-Oct-2024
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Royal Worcester 'Waratah' hand painted English porcelain teacup and saucer with grey quaker border, signed 'A. Shuck', (2 items), puce factory mark to base 'Royal Worcester, England, Flavelle Brothers Ltd.', the saucer 14. Cm wide
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Royal Worcester 'Kookaburra' hand painted English porcelain cabinet plate with grey quaker border, signed 'R. Austin', puce factory mark to base 'Royal Worcester, England, Flavelle Brothers Ltd.', 23 cm diameter
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Royal Worcester hand painted English porcelain cabinet plate with grey quaker border, puce factory mark to and flower title to base, 'Royal Worcester, England, the Mrs Ellis Rowan series, Australian wild flowers series, Flavelle Bros. Ltd.', 23 cm diameter
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Royal Worcester set of four 'Bird of Paradise' hand painted English porcelain cabinet plates, signed 'R. Austin' and designed by Ellis Rowan, puce factory marks to base with titles, 22 cm diameter
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Royal Worcester set of four Australian wild flower hand painted English porcelain demi-tasse saucers including waratah and Christmas bush, puce factory marks to base with titles 'Royal Worcester, made in England, Flavelle, Roberts & Sankey Ltd., Brisbane' 11 cm diameter
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Royal Worcester English porcelain vase with hand painted wattle decoration, signed 'R. Austin'. Puce factory mark to base 'Royal Worcester, England, Australian wild flower series, made for Thomas Webb & Sons, Melbourne', 19 cm high
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Royal Worcester pair of 'Flannel Flower' English porcelain cups and saucers together with a circular dish, signed 'A Shuck' and designed by Ellis Rowan, (5 items), puce factory mark to bases 'Royal Worcester, England, Flavelle Brothers Ltd., Flannel Flowers', the saucers 12.5 cm wide
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Royal Worcester 'Australian Christmas Bells' hand-painted English porcelain cabinet plate with quaker grey border, puce factory mark to base 'Royal Worcester, England, Flavelle Brothers Ltd.', 25 cm diameter
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Royal Worcester 'Jacky Winter' and 'Willy Wagtail' hand-painted English porcelain cabinet plates with quaker grey borders, signed 'R. Austin', puce factory mark to bases, 23 cm diameter
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Royal Worcester antique English porcelain vase with hand painted Australian native flowers, signed 'R. Austin', puce factory mark to base 'Royal Worcester, England, Flavelle Brothers Ltd.', 20 cm high
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Royal Worcester 'Wattle' pattern English porcelain teacup and saucer, hand painted by Sedgley and designed by Ellis Rowan, puce factory mark to base 'Royal Worcester, England, the Mrs Ellis Rowan series, Australian flowers, Prouds Ltd.', the saucer 12 cm wide
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Two Royal Worcester antique English porcelain vases (missing lids), hand painted with gum blossoms and Australian wild flowers, signed 'A. Shuck', puce factory marks to base, one stamped 'Made Expressly for Percy marks, Sydney', 8 cm and 9 cm high
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A novelty oversize presentation cricket bat, emblazoned 'Presented to the Captain of the Ironworks Police Garrison club in Honor of their Winning 'The Ashes' from the Lithgow Ironworks C.C. Season 1911 & 1912', 105 cm high, 24 cm wide
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A Judaica presentation leather vanity case with silk lining and original toiletry bottles, metal pill box and paraffin burner; a pocket to the interior of the lid. A silver plaque is engraved 'Presented to Mrs. S. Marks by the Perth Hebrew ladies Benevolent Society, in appreciation of Services rendered as Honorary Secretary, since its inception (1897 - 1911), Perth, September 12th 1911'. Overall 36 x 19 x 8.5 cm.
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A. Woods hand painted porcelain vase with gilt decoration on Rosenthal German blank, signed 'A. Wood, 1913', 18 cm high
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J. S. Watkins (1866-1942), bronzed metal relief profile portrait plaque, signed lower right 'J. S. Watkins, 1913', 71 x 46 cm overall
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John W. Hope portrait of an Aboriginal woman with child, cast bronze plaque, signed lower right 'John W. Hope, 1939', 31 x 21 cm, 34 x 24 cm overall
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'H.M.A.S. Sydney Destroyed the Emden at Keeling Cocos Island, Nov. 9, 1914' antique English commemorative porcelain teapot, together with a pair of matching teacups, saucers and plates. Reverse adorned with coat of arms and emblazoned 'Advance Australia, Commonwealth of Australia', (7 items), green factory mark to bases 'Radfords, Crown china, England', the teapot 13 cm high, 25 cm wide
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John Philemon Backhouse (attributed) hand-painted pearl shell with Maori portrait; together with a hand painted pearl shell depicting a village scene, 19th/20th century, (2 items), the larger 20 x 21 cm
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Two antique Australian folk Art hand painted pearl shells with coastal scenes, 19th century, 19 cm wide
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Artist unknown hand beaten copper profile portrait of an Aboriginal woman mounted on cedar board in cedar frame, 19th/20th century, 26.5 x 23 cm overall
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'China painting Taught by N. Johnson' hand painted wall sign on white ceramic tiles in original hand painted frame, early 20th century, 17 x 52 cm overall
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Souvenir of 'Woolgoolga' pair of Australian folk Art shell decorated shoes, 20th century, 14 cm long
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A. H. Lawson World War I period Australian bi-fold double photo frame in the Sheraton manner, pencil inscription 'A.H. Lawson, Sydney, N.S.W. Jany. 1917' plus additional engraved silver maker's plaque 'A.H. Lawson, Fecit, 1917' 23 x 18 cm when closed
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An antique walking stick with impressive Australian silver top adorned with kangaroos, emus, flying birds and trees with engraved foliate decoration, mounted on an Australian hardwood shaft with additional Australian silver collar, (no ferrule), 19th century, 90 cm high
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An antique walking stick with sterling silver top engraved 'To Mrs Hamar Greenwood from Gen. Sir Harry Barron. Gov. W. Aus. Oct. 1913' on fiddleback blackwood shaft with horn ferrule, 102 cm high
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Kate Gardner interest antique umbrella with carved horn handle adorned with three ivory frogs with glass eyes, bearing silver ownership collar 'Kate Gardner, 80 Swanston Steet, Melb.',92 cm high.Kate Gardner (1852-1937), Melbourne's first female real Estate Agent. She opened a land and estate agency at 80 Swanston Street, Melbourne. She moved in high society and ordered many of her accoutrements from Asprey's, London.
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Three Australian folk Art hand painted gum leaves painted on card, titled 'Erskine river, Lorne, Victoria', 'River Erskine, Lorne, Victoria' and the final example not titled but signed (illegible) in the lower margin, early 20th century, each card mount 14.5 x 25 cm overall
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'The Conference' hand painted antique English porcelain cabinet plate with four kookaburras, by James a. Crisp for Wilkinson Ltd. England, circa 1920s, signed 'J. A. Crisp '23' with factory mark to base, 26 cm diameter
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'Another little worm Won'T Do him Any Harm' hand-painted antique English porcelain cabinet plate with kookaburra decoration, by James a. Crisp for Newport Pottery, Burslem. England, circa 1920s, signed 'J. A. Crisp' with factory mark to base, 26.5 cm diameter
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'John Fairfax & Sons Ltd.' Sydney Herald building antique black transfer pattern plate, circa 1920s, stamped 'Grindley Hotel Ware, England, Gibson & Paterson limited, Sydney, Australia', 20.5 cm diameter
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Gouda Art pottery 'Laughing Jackass' hand painted kookaburra vase with wattle decoration on reverse, signed '072/1, Holland, Gouda, Laughing-Jackass, Dutch-Art-Pottery' and with pictorial mark, 31 cm high
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Gouda Dutch pottery 'Magpie' hand painted jug with floral decoration, signed '799, Holland, Gouda, magpie, Dutch-Art-Pottery' with pictorial mark, 18.5 cm high
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Gouda hand painted Dutch pottery 'Kiwi' plaque, circa 1910, signed 'Kiwi, Holland, Gouda, Gibson's & Paterson, Ltd., N.Z.' with pictorial mark, 27 cm diameter
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Gouda two handled Art pottery 'Laughing Jackass' hand-painted kookaburra vase with flannel flower decoration on reverse, signed '0208, Holland, Gouda, Laughing-Jackass, Dutch-Art-Pottery' and with pictorial mark, 26 cm high
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Gouda two handled Dutch pottery 'Laughing Jackass' hand painted kookaburra vase with gum blossom decoration on reverse, signed 'Holland, Gouda, Laughing-Jackass, Dutch-Art-Pottery' and with pictorial mark, 22 cm high
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Gouda hand painted Dutch pottery 'Laughing Jackass'  kookaburra vase with floral decoration, signed 'Holland, Gouda, Laughing-Jackass, Dutch-Art-Pottery' and with pictorial mark, 24 cm high
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Souvenir of Sydney antique olive wood fan with mirrored back, together with a Sydney N.S.W. Antique olive wood workbox, 19th/20th century, (2 items), the box 22 cm wide
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An Australian timber glove box made from Queensland walnut, maple and kauri pine, circa 1930, 10 cm high, 30 cm wide, 14 cm deep
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Alice Parsons Australian Art Nouveau pokerwork vase with landscape scene, circa 1910-1920, signed 'A. M. Parsons', 23 cm high
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Grimwades 'Kookaburras' antique English black porcelain vase and lidded pot, early 20th century, black factory mark to base, the vase 13 cm high
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May Brookes impressive green and gilt hand painted ceramic vase, adorned with kookaburra and frill neck lizard, signed 'M. Brookes', painted on French porcelain blank, 38.5 cm high
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Ada Newman hand painted porcelain platter with butterfly decoration, signed and dated 'A. I. Newman, 1931', 35.5 cm diameter
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(after) Louisa Ann Meredith hand painted pink porcelain plaque, inscribed on reverse with names of flowers, 31.5 cm diameter
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Ada Newman porcelain coffee pot and four cups and saucers, hand painted with gumnuts and gum leaves, (9 items), signed 'Ada I. Newman' to bases of the cups, the coffee pot 18 cm high
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Maida Wright (South Australia) hand painted porcelain candlestick in the Egyptian revival manner, signed 'Maida Wright', 20 cm high
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Mamie Venner rare figural hand painted porcelain candlestick, signed 'M. Venner', 21 cm high
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Jessie Moore (South Australia) hand painted three piece tea service with blossom and butterfly decoration, signed 'Jessie Moore, 1912', the teapot 11 cm high, 19 cm wide
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Gertrude E. Brown (Sydney) pair of hand painted porcelain vases decorated with pastoral scenes and figures in landscape, signed 'Gertrude E Brown' and respectively dated 21/10/03 & 21/11/03, 20 cm high
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Ethel Atkinson 'Bough' hand painted porcelain jug with rose decoration,  signed 'E.A., 1924' and titled 'Bough', 16 cm high, 21 cm wide
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Maida Wright hand painted porcelain cup, saucer and plate set in the Egyptian revival style, (3 items), signed 'Maida Wright', the saucer 15 cm diameter
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Elsie Rosser 'Persian Princess Nahid Sent back to her father by her Husband' hand painted porcelain plate, signed 'Elsie Rosser, December 1934', 26.5 cm diameter
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Wilken & Jones of Darlinghurst, Sydney: rare modernist Art Deco shop mannequin, gold painted papier mache on inserted wooden base with manufacturer's stamp, circa 1930s, 66 cm high.
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Six assorted Australiana Arts & Crafts hand painted and carved leather doilies and table covers, circa 1920s, the largest 49 cm diameter
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Mamie Venner hand-painted porcelain dish; together with a Maida Wright porcelain coffee cup and saucer hand painted with kookaburra and wattle motif, (3 items), the dish 15.5 cm wide
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'New south Wales 150 Years of progress, 1788-1938' vintage lithographed metal beer tray by Cranston Trading Co., printed by Richard Hughes Pty Ltd, attractively framed and mounted, 37 x 52 cm overall
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'The Winner' Peek Freans vintage horse racing theme biscuit tin with internal spinning mechanism, 15 cm high, 17 cm diameter
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Government house Sydney antique German souvenir porcelain shoe vase, circa 1910s; together with a Royal Bavaria porcelain kangaroo vase with English hallmarked silver rim, (2 items), the shoe 17 cm long, the vase 8 cm high
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Five assorted cameo carved miniature fired plaster plaques with Australian animals, 20th century, the largest 2.5 cm high
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[Melbourne Cup /Racing Interest] Turf Virginia Cigarettes 1947 coloured lithograph point of sale advertising calendar poster, in later frame. Featuring portraits of Russia, winner of the 1946 Melbourne Cup and other horses including winners of the Caulfield cup and the Victorian Derby. There are also printed statistics of Australian horse racing records and a list of stake winnings. 78 x 50 cm overall
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A fine antique New Zealand carved and polished kauri gum relief plaque depicting a Maori woman with chin moko carrying a child, circa 1880s, housed in original red velvet frame (worn), and bearing paper label verso 'Thomas's picture frame Manufactory, Sydney Road Brunswick', 21 x 18 cm, 40 x 36 cm overall
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Two carved New Zealand boxes decorated with carved tiki with paua shell eyes and with pictorial labels 'Tapu: P. H. Leonard, 26 Sumner St, Rotorua, New Zealand. Guaranteed Genuine Maori hand Carved',  4.5 cm high, 13.5 cm wide, 10 cm deep
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Two vintage New Zealand Maori oval portrait paintings on black velvet, one titled 'The wahine, New Zealand', 33 x 50 cm each
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A pair of carved timber Maori warrior statues with feather decoration, 20th century, one signed to base 'Hoko Pai', the larger 35 cm high
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Artist unknown antique repousse copper plaque profile portrait of a Maori man mounted on timber board, 19th/20th century, 21 x 16.5 cm overall
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An antique cold painted spelter kiwi bird inkwell, late 19th century, 9.5 cm high
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A pair of New Zealand carved and painted timber statues of kneeling Maori figures, mid 20th century, 23 cm high
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An antique painted spelter bust of a Maori, circa 1900, 9 cm high
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New Zealand 'Tapu' Maori carved box with original paper label, together with an antique ceramic 'Kia-Ora' vesta stand and silver rimmed miniature vase both adorned with female Maori portrait and decoration, plus a three piece silver and paua shell condiment set, (6 items), the box 15 cm wide
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Albert Namatjira pair of fired plaster and mulga wood bookends, mid 20th century, stamped to bases 'Mulga Wood' with Crown mulga trademark, 15 cm high
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Brownie Downing group of five stockinette Aboriginal dolls, 27 cm high
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'Advance Australia, New South Wales Centennial, 1888' antique pink porcelain trivet with gilt border and attractive hand coloured coat of arms, 17 cm diameter
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A pair of Colonial Australian cedar picture frames, mid 19th century, 50 x 43.5 cm each overall, 38 x 31 cm internal measurement
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'Advance Australia' antique copper water pitcher with embossed coat of arms, by Joseph Sankey & Sons, England, early 20th century, 26.5 cm high
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Antique Australian Arts & Crafts copper bookends with engraved waratah decoration, circa 1900, 17 cm high
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Sarreguemines 'Nations' series of nine French porcelain plates, rare examples of border decoration incorporating the five continents of Asia, America, Europe, Africa and Australia, late 19th century, factory mark to bases, 20.5 cm diameter
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Royal Doulton antique English porcelain teapot and creamer decorated with the Hobart coat of arms and motto 'Sic Fortis Hobartia Crevit', circa 1910s, black factory mark to base 'Royal Doulton, England, Taylor & sharp, Hobart', the teapot 13 cm high, 20 cm wide
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Royal Doulton 'The Tiff' antique English porcelain cabinet plate designed by David Henry Souter, green factory mark to base, 24 cm diameter
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Four assorted antique Royal Doulton 'Waratah' cup, saucer and plate sets, early 20th century, factory mark to bases, the plates 14 cm wide
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Royal Doulton 'Sydney Harbour' and 'Sydney Heads' antique green porcelain cups and saucers, each titled to base with green factory mark and 'Civil service Stores, Sydney', the saucers 8 cm diameter
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Royal Doulton 'Waratah' pattern antique English porcelain tea ware with black floral border, early to mid 20th century, (27 items), green factory mark to bases
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Edith I. Brown (Sydney) pair of hand painted portrait cabinet plates, signed 'E. I. B.' and 'Edith I. Brown', circa 1910, 23 cm diameter
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'The British Empire exhibition, Wembley, 1925' souvenir porcelain cup and saucer with pictorial frieze displaying animals from the Empire including kangaroo, kiwi bird, bison, elephant and giraffe, (2 items) the saucer 14 cm diameter
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Two antique Continental vases adorned with kangaroos and wallabies, plus bear and deer, 19th century, the larger 12.5 cm high
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[First Australian exhibition of women's work, Melbourne 1907, Interest] Sydney international exhibition 1879-80 antique English porcelain beaker with Australian coat of arms, stamped with amphora mark 'Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Etruria Staffs, England, Agents Thomas Webb & Sons, Sydney Exhibition'; together with a first women's exhibition, 1907 pressed ruby glass beaker, (2 items), 11.5 cm and 10 cm high
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Tasmanian birds antique English cup, saucer and plate set, each decorated with Tasmanian birds and flora, circa 1925, stamped 'Peacock Pottery, Charles Davis, Hobart, Tasmanian Birds', the plate 15.5 cm diameter
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Royal Doulton group of four assorted advertising plates including 'Commonwealth bank of Australia' with coat of arms, 'Farmers' and 'Civil service Stores Restaurant' (2), early 20th century, (4 items), factory marks to base, the largest 27 cm diameter
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Lewis John Godfrey pair of plaster deep relief plaques, advertising Pears soap circa 1893. Each approx. 52 cm high, 35.5 cm wide and housed in gilded box frames 62.5 cm high, 46.4 cm wide, 10 cm deep.
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An antique silver mounted burra nut vesta with boomerang cartouche engraved 'H. Trinnick' (the Secretary of the 'Australian Natives' Association'), the lid engraved 'A.N.A. Fete 1913'; together with two antique burra nut vestas (damaged), 19th/20th century, (3 items), the largest 4.5 cm high
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Sir Joseph Banks bronze medallion mounted in cedar with whalebone back, together with a novelty boot vesta case with folk Art engraving Advance Australia', and antique 1872 red wax seal in treen case 'Central Queensland meat preserving Company Limited', (3 items), the treen box 8.5 cm diameter
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Two antique clay pipes with kangaroo and Australian coats of arms decoration, 19th/20th century, (2 items), the kangaroo example 8.5 cm long
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George Adams - Tattersalls: antique walking stick with carved antler handle, silver collar engraved with ownership details, timber shaft and metal ferrule; together with an African timber walking stick with carved head handle and specimen wood segmented shaft, (missing ferrule); and an antique silver topped walking stick with affixed label stating it belonged to C.P. Harris of the bank of N.S.W. (3 items), the largest 88 cm high
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Advertising and metal Ware:  comprising of 'Kemsley & Co., Hobart, Baracuta' engraved copper sign, 'R. & J. Binnie, Sydney' folding brass mount, 'Wills's vice Regal Mixture' pressed metal ashtray, 'The new powder Sprinkler, Anthony Hordern & Sons, Sydney' tin in original box; together with an embossed copper shield shaped plaque, 19th/20th century, (5 items), the largest 40 cm high
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Rare celluloid May Gibb gumnut baby ornament and two vintage blown glass Christmas ornaments, 20th century, (3 items), the largest 14 cm long
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Charles McCARTHY metal relief portrait of unknown female, signed and dated 'C. W. McCarthy M.D., Sydney, 1914', 77 x 62 cm overall
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Masonic interest: leather case of antique regalia with embossed ownership details 'Present To Past arch Bro. W. H. Withers by the Boadicea Lodge, no. 249, Jan. 1896'; together with a framed certificate adorned with waratah, wattle and kangaroo 'Grand Australian banner, Royal Antediluvian order of Buffaloes', (2 items), the case 37 cm wide, the frame 67 x 57 cm overall
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Royal Worcester 'Azure Kingfisher' English porcelain cup and saucer retailed by Flavelle Brothers, Royal Worcester 'Heath' Australian wildflower cup and saucer, Royal Worcester demitasse saucer decorated with kookaburra and wattle painted by Austin on rare blue ground, (5 items)
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Royal Doulton pair of graduated antique English porcelain platters with Christmas bush decoration, early 20th century, factory marks to base, 50 cm and 45 cm wide
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Addis boxed selection of seventeen salesman's sample tooth and dental plate brushes, bone and bristle, marked 'Made in Australia' and 'Made in England', the box 45 cm wide
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Layne Beachley surfboard painted with portrait of the world Champion surfer by artist by Daniel Joyce, signed by Layne Beachley, 188 cm high
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